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Bourbon News & Notes: Barton 1792 Distillery, Michter’s Barrel Strength Rye, and progress on...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 12 March 2021, by Susan Reigler News from Barton 1792 Distillery If you’ve ever been in downtown Bardstown on a cool, misty morning, you may have noticed that the atmosphere...

Bourbon News & Notes: Maker’s honors Margie Samuels; Woodford Derby bottles; and a Bourbon...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 5 March 2021, by Susan Reigler Maker’s Mark Bottle Honors Founder Margie Samuels and Women’s History Month Maker’s Mark is celebrating Women’s History Month with a special commemorative edition featuring...

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...

Bourbon News & Notes: Bourbon Women; barrel strength releases; O.H. Ingram; and Berra’s new...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 19 February 2021, by Susan Reigler Bourbon Women Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Two Evenings of Live Streaming The Bourbon Women Association (www.bourbonwomen.org) is commemorating 10 years with “A Toast to...

Bourbon News & Notes: Tom Bullock’s Old Fashioned, and Log Still Distillery’s approach

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 12 February 2021, by Susan Reigler Toast Black History Month with Tom Bullock’s Old Fashioned Famed African-American bartender Tom Bullock was born in Louisville in 1872. He practiced his mixology...

Bourbon News & Notes: MGP gets Luxco, a Woodford Reserve chocolate pairing, Double Eagle...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 5 February 2021, by Susan Reigler News from MGP MGP Ingredients in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, near Cincinnati, Ohio, is the largest distillery of which you have never heard. While it...

Bourbon News & Notes: Roses with Four Roses; IX Bourbon Whiskey; and a new...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 29 January 2021, by Susan Reigler Four Roses for Valentines Benefits American Heart Association That beautiful bouquet of roses you present your loved one for Valentine’s Day loses its luster...

Bourbon News & Notes: Two whiskey books for your library, and a new expression...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 22 January 2021, by Susan Reigler Whiskey Book Shelf Since you are reading this column, you are interested in whiskey in general and bourbon in particular. That interest probably means...

Bourbon News & Notes: Bourbon Women, Buzzard’s Roost and Kentucky Artisan Distillery

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 15 January 2021, by Susan Reigler Bourbon Women – New Year, New Leadership The Bourbon Women Association is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and the organization for women who...

Bourbon News & Notes: Smoke gets in your cocktail (at River House), plus two...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 8 January 2021, by Susan Reigler Two New Rye Releases to Note Two Kentucky producers have recently released rye whiskeys. One is distilled in Danville by Wilderness Trail and the...