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...
Hip Hops: When craft beer in cans became a thing
Dipping into the archive this morning, here's a Hip Hops column I wrote in 2010, when craft beer in a can was both uncommon and subject to a good many knee-jerk reactions on the...
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...
Perhaps too little curiosity killed the HopCat (Louisville), which will close for good
On March 20 we reported all HopCat locations nationwide were closing temporarily amid pandemic food service and bar shutdowns. Earlier this afternoon, HopCat - Louisville (1064 Bardstown Road) took to social media to confirm...
Hip Hops: How do craft breweries survive the pandemic? Any which way they can
When your business plan goes out the window, don't dive after it. Just open more windows. Here's a link to get started: "How Coronavirus Could Change the Way You Get Your Favorite Craft Beer,"...
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...
Celebrate July 4 at St. Benedict’s Brew Works in the shadow of The Dome...
Founded in 1867, the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception -- nicknamed The Dome -- is located in Ferdinand, Indiana, an hour's drive west of Louisville via I-64 (67 miles). It's "one of the largest...
Minor league baseball is gone, and Against the Grain’s Brewery & Smokehouse goes on...
As it turns out, one thing really does lead to another.
On Tuesday minor league baseball was cancelled until next year, and if readers are interested in knowing more about why (hint: it's not strictly...
Hip Hops: Black Is Beautiful collabs are on, Fest of Ale is off (until...
Black Is Beautiful, an initiative and a beer.
More than two centuries ago the beer eventually to be known as Imperial Stout was embraced by English brewers and traders as the ideal export beverage for...
