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As BourbonBlog.com‘s Derby Coverage continues, we want to tell you about the Taste of Derby Festival presented by Brown-Forman as returns tonight to Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday, April 26 from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Louisville Slugger Field.

Buy tickets here. 

BourbonBlog.com has covered this in the past and we welcome you to enjoy samples from more than 50 celebrated local restaurants, bourbon distilleries, and beverage companies and have the chance to leave with your favorite spirits from their bourbon and wine pull.

This event is for ages 21 and up, and we are following Kentucky Derby Festival COVID guidelines.

VIDEO COVERAGE OF PREVIOUS TASTE OF DERBY FESTIVAL

When you buy a ticket you’re supporting Dare to Care Food Bank in our mission to conquer the cycle of need across Kentuckiana.

Taste of Derby Festival is their largest fundraiser of the year.

Every day, thousands of families are making tough choices between buying groceries or paying for medication, buying food or paying rent, or even feeding their families or paying for utilities. By buying a ticket you’re helping Dare to Care serve our neighbors in need so they don’t have to make these tough choices.

Visit DaretoCare.org to learn more.

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The latest Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Co. release is a blend of some of the best previous releases which allows us to go back into our archives at BourbonBlog.com as we were the first to report on the release of Diageo’s Orphan Series back in 2013 in the story linked here.

The Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Co tells BourbonBlog.com tells us that the  Fable & Folly Finest Quality Whiskey is Aged 14 Years. Fable & Folly was crafted from a proprietary blend that includes the last remaining stocks of Barterhouse, Forged Oak, and various Rhetoric releases.

It will be available soon in limited quantities at select spirits retailers nationwide  SRP of $149.99 for 750 mL.

Master Blender Andrew Mackay married the last remaining stocks of Barterhouse, Forged Oak and various Rhetoric releases with a proprietary blend to create the expression, which pays homage to the original releases yet possesses a distinct profile of its own.“Fable & Folly honors the quality ingredients that go into it and the ethos of the Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Co. as a whole,” said Mackay.

We have interviewed the distillers about other Orphan Barrel releases like the one featured in the video below from our YouTube.com/Bourbonblog channel and on this link.

Mackay explains to BourbonBlog.com:

“In my discoveries of the six orphaned stocks that are part of Fable & Folly, it became clear that blending them would both highlight and enhance the nuances that make these liquids so special. Fable& Folly tells the stories of whiskeys past while exciting aficionados and collectors with a unique new spirit that stands the test of time.”Fable & Folly is a harmonious creation that uniquely balances age and flavor. This whiskey beautifully accents the rich, smooth character of the orphaned stocks within it, featuring spicy notes of rye and pepper.

>It begins with a burst of spice and delicately warms to a smooth richness with sweet notes of syrup and fruit. The spirit animal displayed on the bottle pays homage to this proprietary blend -a hybrid of the three signature animals of the whiskeys from which Fable & Folly came: a stag, a hummingbird, and a fox.”

Photo Credit: Miguel Buencamino of Holy City Handcraft

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Flaviar tells BourbonBlog.com they have just hired  Noah Rothbaum, David Wondrich, and Leah Doyle who previously led Half Full, a creative and consultative studio. With this partnership, Flaviar is bringing together leading experts to offer unique value to liquor companies by providing access to consumers and proprietary data. The consultancy and creative studio will be named The Beverage Bureau.

Flaviar, Inc. currently runs Flaviar Club, the largest premium spirits club in the world; Caskers, a direct-to-consumer marketplace to purchase spirits; and now, The Beverage Bureau.

“We are thrilled about this new partnership and the value it will bring to the Flaviar community, which will now have access to the most respected names in the spirits world,” Jugoslav Petkovic, CEO and co-founder of Flaviar, Inc tells BourbonBlog.com . “We believe strongly that combining our access and knowledge of consumers with Noah, Dave, and Leah’s years of experience will enable us to offer something truly unique in the industry.

David Wondrich is a foremost expert on cocktails, spirits, and the history of drinks. He has authored several books, including Imbibe!, which won a James Beard Award and is editor of the recently published Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails.

Noah Rothbaum is the former editor of The Daily Beast’s award-winning Half Full section and author of several spirits books, including the Art of American Whiskey and the forthcoming Whiskey Bible. He is also co-host of the award-winning podcast, Life Behind Bars. Leah Doyle has led the spirits sales, consulting and partnerships business for various leading publications, including Esquire and Liquor.com. Most recently she was the Vice President of Spirits at the Daily Beast and co-founder of its drinks consultancy and creative agency.

The Beverage Bureau is the first full-service spirits marketing agency backed by robust consumer data. By combining Flaviar’s technical ecosystem with The Beverage Bureau’s strategy and creative know-how, brands will be able to create truly 360 campaigns that finally ‘close the loop’ with actual consumer sales data and behavioral insights. Additionally, brands will have access to experts that will assist with product and program ideation, and creation, branding, campaign strategy, consulting, trade engagement, data, and distribution.

“Flaviar has built an incredible marketplace and community that offers consumers a unique and personalized experience,”  Rothbaum, Head of Spirits & Cocktails at Flaviar, Inc tells BourbonBlog.com. “I’m looking forward to building on that success to work with spirits partners who want to enhance their influence and broaden their reach.”

“The Beverage Bureau offers 360-degree capabilities that will engage and educate key audience demographics,” said Doyle, SVP of Business Development at The Beverage Bureau. “With access to all that Flaviar, Inc. has to offer, we’ll be able to generate a full picture of your consumer and their buying habits. Our team is delighted to announce this partnership.”

In addition to the launch of The Beverage Bureau, Flaviar, Inc. is making other key additions to its team. The company recently announced the hiring of Todd Bellucci as Chief Marketing Officer and the appointment of Andrew Glaser as Chief Customer Officer.

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While we’ve seen a number of “cigar” whiskey expressions at BourbonBlog.com  which are typically whiskeys made to “pair” with cigars, Buzzard’s Roost is releasing new limited-edition rye that actually was created from a four-year-old whiskey aged in barrels that were cold-smoked with aged Kentucky tobacco leaves. Buzzard’s Roost Sipping Whiskeys are known for their experiments with unique types of barrel influences led by Founder and Master Blender Jason Brauner.

Buzzard’s Roost tells us the nose offers notes of florals and rye bread followed by a light hint of smoke and cinnamon and brown sugar. The palate is a delicate combination of candy sweetness and confectionery notes that fade mid-palate to citrus and cigar tobacco followed by a sweet and toasty finish.

At a 105 proof, this exceptional expression is made up of a mash bill of 95 percent rye and 5 percent malted barley.

More details to come on this release on BourbonBlog.com

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As BourbonBlog.com continues our coverage to the much anticipated Kentucky Derby 148, we’ve just learned all the details on the 2022 Woodford Reserve $1,000 Mint Julep.

This year the program honors the connections between Kentucky and France. This year’s $1,000 Mint Julep cocktail features ingredients found at France’s Palace of Versailles, once home to three of the country’s kings from the House of Bourbon: Kings Louis XIV to XVI. The cocktail brings together the flavors of orange, lemon, and pomegranate with Woodford Reserve Bourbon.

Handmade by Louisville-based jeweler From the Vault, the cups feature red rubies in the shape of a horseshoe. One side of the cup is engraved with a thoroughbred, representing Versailles, Kentucky, where Woodford Reserve Distillery is located and where many of the world’s best thoroughbreds are bred and raised. The other side includes a nod to Versailles, France.

Benefiting Charity

Proceeds will benefit Old Friends Farm, where famous thoroughbreds, including past Derby winners, are sent to retire peacefully. The charity was started by Mike Blowen, a retired journalist from The Boston Globe.

“The French connections to Kentucky are significant – from Versailles, the home of our distillery – to Louisville, KY, the city where the Derby is run and which was named after King Louis XVI,” said Woodford Reserve Master Distiller Chris Morris. “Cheers – or as the French would say “Sante” – to Derby 148.” Learn more about them on OldFriendsEquine.org

The French Mint Julep Recipe 2022

2 oz. Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

2 tsp. honey syrup (½ part Honey from Versailles, France, and ½ part water)

1 lemon peel

1 orange peel

2 fresh pomegranate arils, plus more for garnish

1 bunch of fresh lemon Mint sprigs, garnish

How to Purchase

A total of 148 cups, honoring Derby 148, will be available for purchase at woodfordreservemintjulep.com. Cups must be picked up at Churchill Downs on Derby Day at the $1,000 Mint Julep Experience.

Of the 148 cups, 18 are gold and retail for $2,500, and 130 are Silver and retail for $1,000. To purchase, visit woodfordreservemintjulep.com

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Last year, BourbonBlog.com announced our partnership with Janus Coffee Roasters in the BourbonBlog Coffee!

This took coffee to a whole new level by aging a unique Peruvian bean in used Beckenridge Distillery Bourbon Barrels for a month before roasting You can buy our exclusive blend on BourbonBlog.com/coffee.

Tonight, Matty Rock and Tom Fischer are proud to welcome Janus Coffee Roasters owners Shad Bates and Shea Bates to our Cigar Saturday Show. They have some other exciting projects to talk with us about and we’ll drink BourbonBlog Coffee and pair them with some cigars!

Watch on the link above and also find us on YouTube.com/BourbonBlog.

Check out JanusCoffeeRoasters.com.

 

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As Kentucky Derby is around the corner and BourbonBlog.com will be there giving coverage, we suggest putting a Woodford Reserve Bourbon Whiskey 2022 Kentucky Derby Bottle on your bar to get ready.

And good news: this is a bigger bottle than your typical Bourbon whiskey sold in 750 ml bottles. These 1-liter Derby bottles of Woodford Reserve Bourbon are on sale across now the United States and the globe with a retail price of $49.99.

This year’s Derby bottle features the artwork of Kentucky native Jaime Corum, an equine artist known for her stunning horse portraits. Corum’s painting, titled “Dreams in Bloom,” features three thoroughbreds racing neck-and-neck, surrounded by a spray of vivid spring flowers, including the iconic red roses of Derby.

Woodford Reserve’s Derby bottle has been an annual collector’s item anticipated by bourbon and racing fans since 1999.

“The attention to detail in Jaime’s artwork is remarkable – and so realistic,” Woodford Reserve Master Distiller Chris Morris tells BourbonBlog.com. “This year’s bottle celebrating the 148th Kentucky Derby will make a gorgeous addition to anyone’s bar.

Woodford Reserve tells us they have also that it has partnered with retailer Williams Sonoma to help bring a favorite Derby cocktail to parties nationwide. The Woodford Spire was introduced at the track in 2018 – and it quickly became a favorite.

As part of Woodford Reserve and Williams-Sonoma’s partnership, the Woodford Spire joins the line of co-branded cocktails mixers for sale nationwide that include the Mint Julep and Whiskey Sour. Made with cranberry and lemon, the Woodford Spire is an official cocktail of the Kentucky Derby.

 

“The Woodford Spire is a staple for any Kentucky Derby celebration, and this year, Williams-Sonoma is making it easier than ever to make this delicious cocktail,” said Assistant Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall.

The Art and Artist Jaime Corum

Corum’s portraiture captures the conformation and spirit of the horse in a way that’s unlike anyone else, with skill developed through years of studying art, enhanced by her personal experience with horses and the equestrian world.

She spent her formative years riding horses, painting and drawing them in her free time, and continued to focus on her equine subject after receiving her Masters of Fine Arts from The University of Kentucky.

Each equine artwork begins with the foundation of her understanding of equine conformation and movement and enhances that with the intangible quality of the horse’s character, capturing the essence of each equine subject.

 

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BourbonBlog.com ‘s Tom Fischer will taste the Teeling Whiskey the new limited-edition Teeling 30-Year-Old Single Malt Whiskey. Watch live Wednesday, March 16 at 8 pm ET to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2022 as Fischer will join Teeling Master Distiller Alex Chasko, who will broadcast live from Dublin, Ireland. The whiskey is $2,200 a bottle and only 4,000 bottles globally,

To watch, view on the link above and also on YouTube.com/BourbonBlog Chasko and Fischer will also try the Teeling Blackpitts Irish Whiskey and the Teeling Small Batch to give you a few ideas of what to drink for St. Patrick’s Day 2022. Chasko also will tease forward to the forthcoming Wonders of Wood series.

About the 30 year Old Teeling

his new Vintage Reserve bottling consists of 30-Year-Old Single Malt Irish whiskey distilled in 1991, initially matured in Bourbon casks before being given extra maturation for over 9 years in Sauternes wine casks to provide a truly unique, Irish whiskey taste experience. This distinctive and unique dual maturation imparts a significant depth of fruit flavours that perfectly balances the hint of smoke that comes from both using some Peated Malt in its production and the oak influence from over 30 years of aging.

Available globally including at the Teeling Whiskey distillery in Dublin, The Teeling 30-Year-Old Single Malt will be available for purchase for $2,199.99 in January 2022 in the US, online at Caskers.com and at fine liquor retailers in California, Nevada, Texas, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and Florida.

This limited-edition whiskey, restricted to only 4,000 bottles globally, is hand bottled in distinctive decanter-like vessels and comes with its own certificate of authenticity. Bottled at 46% ABV with no chill filtration, which is the signature of all Teeling Whiskeys, completes an Irish Single Malt whiskey of exceptional character. The extra aging provided by 30 years in cask, and in particular from the Sauternes dessert wine influence, has evolved the distinctive fruit and savoury taste profile perfectly with the wood influence to make an extremely well balanced whiskey.

Jack Teeling, founder of the Teeling Whiskey Company, commented,

“We are extremely proud to be able to release some of the oldest ever bottlings of Irish Single Malt with our Vintage Reserve Collection. Each release has proven that Irish Whiskey can match and beat any whiskey from around the world. Our latest Teeling 30-Year-Old Single Malt is a perfect representation of everything good about Irish Whiskey – from its robust nose to its fully rounded and balanced array of flavours. We are very proud of this whiskey and we hope it can continue to help forge our reputation as a truly World Class whiskey producer.”

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Watch tonight, March 14at 8 pm ET on this link and the video above as Tom Fischer welcomes Kenny Jordan and Antonio Rodriguez, Patrón Sherry Cask Aged Añejo. They will also taste the rare Gran Patrón Piedra Tequila and the Patrón Extra Añejo Tequila

Unlike some spirits and whiskeys, the Sherry Cask is not finished but actually fully aged in sherry barrels.

Conceived originally by former Master Distiller, Francisco Alcaraz, Patrón Sherry Cask Aged Añejo matures for more than two years in Spanish oak barrels once used to produce the finest Oloroso sherry.

Each barrel is unique, requiring current Master Distiller, David Rodriguez, to artfully blend the tequila from each cask in order to achieve the perfect expression. Meticulous precision and care are fundamental to this process, and highlight how Patrón goes to exceptional efforts to achieve perfection time and again.

Patrón Sherry Cask Añejo Tequila is inspired by sherry, a fortified, aged, and blended wine made only in the Andalucia region in Southern Spain, also known as “the Sherry triangle.”

Patrón tequila tells us that this sherry expression can go beautifully rin a a tmeless margarita.

Patrón Sherry Cask Aged Añejo Tequila is available now until supplies last and sold exclusively in the United States on drizly.com and at retailers for a suggested retail price of $79.99 per 750ml bottle.

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BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer has once again been invited to be featured Bourbon expert joining friends at the 2nd Annual “Cigarbecue” in Newburgh, New York at on April 2nd, 2022.

Get your tickets on this link as the epic charity event will happen Saturday, April 2nd from 12-4pm at Handsome Devil BBQ, Newburgh NY.

Due to the exclusivity of the cigars being handed out and our desire to make this meet and greet as intimate as possible, ticket sales are limited.

Tickets to support these two great causes will be $150

It will be a fun day of fine cigars, fine spirits, and fine food to benefit 2 good causes. All proceeds raised will benefit the Chef Jeff Michner Foundation and Newburgh Illuminated. Newburgh Illuminated is a group designed to celebrate the diversity and dynamism of our wonderful river city.

Watch our video interview with Handsome DEvil BBQ Pitmaster Ed Randolph below.

Jeff Michner was the Executive Chef of Pig Beach BBQ in Gowanus Brooklyn. He tragically, and suddenly passed away in the spring of 2018 at the age of 36, leaving behind his wife Sara, and his 16-month-old daughter Hayes. A foundation was created in Jeff’s honor to keep his memory with us.

The organization embraces the things he loved best: family, friends, and great food. The Jeff Michner Foundation creates scholarships for culinary students and supporting families managing loss and grief.

What you’ll get for the event…

In addition to the cigars and a pairing, Each guest will receive premium cigars from the likes of SP1014, Davidoff, Drew Estate, Perdomo, and Liga Privada. The cigars will be paired with tastings from the likes of Michters and Peerless Distillery, Newburgh Brewing Company, and cocktail creations from the Handsome Devil bartenders.

In addition, the great people of Fortuna Cigars will be on-site hand-rolling cigars for guests.

Matt Abdoo and Shane McBride will be our guest chefs. Matt and Shane are the owners, chefs, and pitmasters of Pig Beach. In addition to having restaurants in NYC and Palm Beach, Matt and Shane have won some of the most prestigious awards on the BBQ scene including top honors at the Memphis in May World BBQ Championships. Matt is also the food correspondent for the NBC “Today” Show.

Sanj from Sanj’s smokeshop in Bloomfield NJ and Matty Rock will be on hand as well making sure all your cigar needs and questions are taken care of. Between the 2 there is over 50 years of cigar history and knowledge in the field. Trust me if you have a question or comment about a cigar, these are your guys.

Watch this Video Interview with BBQ Ed Randolph

The Newburgh Illuminated Festival

The Newburgh Illuminated Festival is designed to celebrate and share the great diversity of our city. The cigarbecue is a great example of what the festival stands for as a number of small local businesses will come together to make sure your visit to our city is memorable. Ed and Noelle Randolph will open the pits and let you see and taste what has made us the best new restaurant in the Hudson Valley. Mike Kelly of the Newburgh Flour Shop will take care of our sweet tooth and Jerrod Lang of Blacc Vanilla Roasters might just provide us the pep in our step needed after an afternoon of eating bbq. The kids of Newburgh Brewing Company will be on hand to share their great craft beer with you.

Most photos featured in this article from Steve Schaum of Capturethis.pro

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