Heaven Hill is celebrating ten years at the Evan Williams Experience in downtown Louisville. I find it hard to believe that it has been ten years on Whiskey Row already. They have released three whiskeys distilled at this location under… Continue Rea…
Cedar Brook Bourbon is the latest heritage label released by the McBrayer Family. It is a wheat recipe Bourbon sourced from Owensboro. They bottled ten barrels of this whiskey and it has already sold out, but they have plans to… Continue Reading →
I am always asked the question, “what is the best way to drink whiskey?” I always reply “Any way you like it.” If you like it with Coke, drink it that way. I always said Bourbon and Coke is better… Continue Reading →
Rosemary and I had an opportunity to visit the Leiper’s Fork Distillery the other day when we attended the Bourbon Bash charity event in Franklin, Tennessee. It was the first time we had visited there since 2016. It is a… Continue Reading →
Woodford Reserve has made a four grain Bourbon in the past. It was an interesting Bourbon with a lot of grain flavor. This whiskey, with Elizabeth McCall’s name on the label instead of Chris Morris, is an excellent whiskey. It… Continue Reading ͛…
The first written mention of Bourbon is in 1826. There were no regulations on what is Bourbon at that time. In fact, there was only the idea that Bourbon was a corn whiskey made in Kentucky. There was not even… Continue Reading →
I have been told by many of my guests, that sitting on the porch and drinking whiskey with me is the best bar in Louisville. I have plenty of whiskey to sample and the conversation is always great. I had… Continue Reading →
Rosemary and I first tasted this wheat recipe Bourbon at the Art Eatables tasting room in Louisville. Kelly Ramsey was talking about how good it was and at an affordable price, so we tried it. We agreed with Kelly and… Continue Reading →
Michter’s has been named the Most Admired Whiskey in 2023 by Drinks International, an international group made up of spirit buyers, journalist, bartenders and whiskey experts from more than 20 countries. It is a significant achievement, being the first…
Barrels play an important role in making whiskey. Most whiskey has to be aged in an oak barrel to be considered whiskey. Corn whiskey is the exception to this rule. The history of barrels is the history of whiskey. The… Continue Reading →
