Author name: Chuck Cowdery

Bardstown Bourbon Company Buys Green River

 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 …

My Bourbon Epiphany

 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…

Finished Whiskeys Feed the News Monster

 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…

What Does a Distillery Taste Like?

 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 …

Who Gets the Best Whiskey?

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…

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