Bourbon

In our most recent quarterly print edition (Winter 2021, Vol. 72; copies still available at their usual locations) Sara "The Bar Belle" Havens trekked across town to survey Louisville's best Bloody Marys. https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/winter_2021_vol._72_/14 As befits The...

With the growing emphasis on using local ingredients whenever possible in cooking, it is only natural that restaurant chefs would experiment with uses for Bourbon, a local product with a long and storied history...

Putting the Urban in Bourbon (Originally published in the Fall 2019 issue of Food & Dining)  “Irish Hill is the Louisville neighborhood you find when you’re lost.” It’s an old-time Louisville saying about a relatively small,...

Wild Turkey is Releasing a New, Limited Bottled in Bond Expression Wild Turkey Distillery has just announced a new limited release in its Master’s Keep series. This fifth edition is Master’s Keep Bottled in Bond....

The inaugural Bourbon Capital BBQ Challenge & Distillery Invitational will take place June 10-11 at the 300-acre Dant Crossing bourbon destination campus in Gethsemane. Tickets go on sale March 15. The event is presented...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 8 October, by Susan Reigler Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Missing George T. Stagg Buffalo Trace Distillery’s 2021 fall release of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) will not include the 15-year-old...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 27 August 2021, by Susan Reigler Brown-Forman Releases a Second Old Forester 117 Master Taster Jackie Zykan has chosen several barrels from Old Forester’s Warehouse K (known for aging some...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 20 August 2021, by Susan Reigler Restoration of Historic Green Hill Cemetery in Frankfort Gets a Boost from Freddie’s Old Fashioned Soda If you are very lucky, you’ll have had...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 24 September, by Susan Reigler A Shelf Full of New Releases for Bourbon Heritage Month – Round 2 Three recent fall releases, just in time for Bourbon Heritage Month, were...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 3 July, 2020, by Susan Reigler Maker’s Mark Special Bottle to Benefit Disabled Jockeys Back in 1997, Maker’s Mark and Keeneland partnered for the release of an annual commemorative bottle that...