Here’s the Tartan House (1027 E. Main) capsule from F & D’s quarterly print edition dining guide.
Those bars intending to swim against the rising tide of bourbonism are advised to gie it laldy, and so we enthusiastically greet a Scotch specialist in Butchertown, with the city’s largest selection of “that other” whisky, and a cocktail selection to match—or just a wee dram or three for sipping.
Happily contrarian positioning still works wonders, and as Amanda Hancock reports at the Louisville Courier Journal, Tartan House is showing on the national radar.
Tartan House in Butchertown lands on national Best Cocktails, Bar Experiences of 2024 list
Bloomberg says the cocktail to try is the Penicillin.
“A Scotch bar in the spiritual home of bourbon? The subversive in me was thrilled to find this spot, which has a substantial library of single malts and blends and a killer Penicillin. The Sam Ross classic is made with not one but two types of Scotch: here Compass Box Artist Blend for the core of the drink, plus a gentle mist of peaty Ardbeg,” the list states.
