Maturation warehouse at the Green River Distillery, Owensboro, Kentucky.It was announced today that Bardstown Bourbon Company is buying the Green River Distillery in Owensboro, as well as Green River’s bottling, blending, and product development …
Ice house and barn foundation on South Manitou Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Northern Michigan. Rosen Rye Day 2022. Party bus in foreground.MICHIGAN SENATESenate Resolution No. 160Offered by Senators Victory, Bayer, Huizenga, Santana …
I’m often asked what prompted me to start writing about bourbon. I always talk about living in Louisville and working in the industry, and about how my parents always drank bourbon. But there is a chicken-egg aspect to the story I’ve only just re…
Legent is Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Partially Finished in Wine and Sherry Casks.Marketing copywriters are taught the power of certain words. They’re obvious. You see them all the time. Short, sharp shots, they practically demand their exc…
Beam Suntory’s Booker Noe Distillery, Nelson County, Kentucky.One way to think about tasting whiskey is to think about tasting distilleries. Most distilleries sell multiple expressions of their whiskey. Some also make multiple recipes. Beam …
A maturation warehouse at Barton 1792 Distillery, Nelson County, Kentucky.”Bitter bourbon battle pits Buffalo Trace against Franklin County residents over new warehouse,” screams the headline in today’s Herald-Leader, which typically has the stat…
Greendale Distillery; Greendale, Indiana; circa 1920.Whiskey-making in America wasn’t fully industrialized until the final quarter of 19th century, but then it became very big very fast. This is clear from what we know, but hard data to quantify …
Barrels of maturing whiskey.Consider this a thought experiment. Let’s say you have a whiskey distillery. You make a lot of whiskey. Most of it you sell through brands you own and distribute. Those are your most profitable sales, the ones that earn…
It may not mean what you think.’Straight bourbon’ does not mean ‘straight bourbon.’ Huh?Said another way, the legal meaning of the term ‘straight bourbon’ is different from the ordinary meaning of the term. This is a never-ending source of confusi…
Very old bourbons, say 15-years and up, are not for everyone. Wood dominates, especially the acrid notes of char and ash. If that sort of thing appeals to you, and it does to many, the present limited availability and high cost of those products may be…
