Friday, March 29, 2024

Buzzard’s Roost Whiskey Row Experience opens downtown at 624 W. Main Street

The Buzzard’s Roost Whiskey Row Experience opened in late April downtown at 624 W. Main Street, a stone's throw from 21c Museum Hotel. The Whiskey Wash has this excellent overview. https://thewhiskeywash.com/lifestyle/buzzards-roost-whiskey-row-experience-opens-in-downtown-louisville/ Here's an excerpt. “This is a big...

Bourbon News & Notes: Bourbon from Wyoming, rye from Kentucky

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 11 December 2020, by Susan Reigler Take a Bourbon Trip Out West with Wyoming Whiskey One of the most often repeated misconceptions about bourbon is that it must be made...

Bourbon News & Notes: The Diversity Edition, with Bulleit, KDA, U of L and...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 16 October, 2020, by Susan Reigler Diageo Launches Craftswomen Program International spirits giant Diageo, which owns the Bulleit bourbon and rye whiskeys and operates a distillery in Shelby County, has introduced...

Four Bourbon Short Pours

A wide array of news items comes across our desks at Food & Dining Magazine, and at times it's best to sample the highlights just a few wee nips at a time.   Your humble correspondent...

Coming in May: “Bourbon Is My Comfort Food,” a book by Heather Wibbels (The...

In an article from 2020, our bourbon columnist Susan Reigler provides this introduction to Heather Wibbels. The Cocktail Contessa If you are looking to upgrade your at-home mixology skills, you’ll not have a better guide that...

Your COVID self-improvement project: Become the “World’s Top Whiskey Taster”

Bardstown Bourbon Company offers the ideal escape clause from the drudgery of cleaning out the garage during your period of containment at home: don't fill a dumpster, but hone your whiskey-tasting skills by entering...

Kentucky Bourbon Festival tickets (Sept. 16-18, 2022) are on sale now

Tickets for the 2022 Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, Kentucky (Sept. 16-18, 2022) have gone on sale. The festival returns for its 31st year during National Bourbon Heritage Month. According to Randy Prasse, president and...

Bourbon News & Notes: Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series; Paul Sutton Small Batch Bourbon;...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 26 February 2021, by Susan Reigler Newest Release of Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series If it’s anything like its predecessors, the third release in the Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing...

Tonight: Watch as all-star bourbon tasters pick a Pinhook barrel for the James Beard...

Tonight Pinhook Bourbon is selecting a 12-year-old single barrel for bottling, and among the panelists given the enviable task of making the choice is Susan Reigler, F&D's bourbon columnist. The proceeds of the bottling...

Bourbon News & Notes: Buffalo Trace Antique Collection; Bourbons & Bonbons; two Willett fall...

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...