Saturday, April 27, 2024

Bourbon News & Notes: Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing, Buffalo Trace expansion, Brown Hotel’s Ali...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 21 August, 2020, by Susan Reigler Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series 2020 Limited Release As anyone who has participated in it knows, the private barrel selection process at Maker’s Mark is...

Bourbon News & Notes: New life for the “Old” Samuels Distillery; also Elijah Craig...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 14 August, 2020, by Susan Reigler New Life for the T.W. Samuels Distillery Close observation through a line of trees set back from the north side of KY-245 west of Bardstown...

Bourbon News & Notes: Woodford Reserve’s Kentucky Derby Mint Julep; also Locust Grove and...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 7 August, 2020, by Susan Reigler Locust Grove’s Punch Bowl IV Locust Grove house museum, last home of Louisville founder and Revolutionary War hero, Gen. George Rogers Clark, has reopened for...

Bourbon News & Notes: Spirits of French Lick, Barrell Craft Dovetail, and Volare’s Brooklyn...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 31 July, 2020, by Susan Reigler Spirits of French Lick Distillery Launches Private Barrel Selection Program Spirits of French Lick Distillery in West Baden Springs, Indiana is a small operation producing...

Bourbon News & Notes: Mask up for bourbon; Boone County Distilling; Bourbon Women SIP...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 24 July, 2020, by Susan Reigler Boone County Distilling Co. Adding an Event Center Northern Kentucky’s Boone County Distilling Co. in Independence is one of the state’s craft distilleries. Until now,...

Bourbon News & Notes: BBC’s 100% Kentucky whiskey; Oxmoor Virtual Bourbon; and Willett’s Harvest...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 17 July, 2020, by Susan Reigler Bardstown Bourbon Company is Aging a 100% Kentucky Whiskey While most Kentucky distilleries source the majority, if not all, of their corn for making bourbon...

Bourbon News & Notes: Buffalo Trace’s charity barrel, Old Tub from Beam, and a...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 10 July, 2020, by Susan Reigler Buffalo Trace’s Six Millionth Barrel Raises More than $1 Million for Charities Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort is the site of the world’s smallest whiskey...

Afternoon Archive: “Four Roses Blossoms Again” (2017)

As the digital editor's personal testament, this Food & Dining Magazine article by Carla Carlton resolved a longstanding quandary. During my earliest European travels during the 1980s, I'd see bottles of Four Roses straight...

Bourbon News & Notes: Maker’s Mark, Woodford Reserve and Trouble Bar’s Manhattan Lockdown

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...

Bourbon News & Notes: Distillery reopenings, Joe’s Playlist and the Forester 75

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 26 June, 2020, by Susan Reigler Buffalo Trace and Barton 1792 Distilleries are Reopening on July 1 Two Sazerac-owned Kentucky distilleries will be reopening for tours and tastings on Wednesday, July...