Barker’s Mill Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon is from the M.B. Roland Distillery, located in Pembroke, Kentucky. It was founded by Paul and Merry Beth (the M B of M B Roland) Tomaszewski as a grain to glass distillery. I have met the… Continue Reading →
A friend of mine recently told me of a tour he did at the Hayner Distillery in Ohio. He stated that before Prohibition, at the original Hayner Distillery, they heated the warehouse in the winter and during the summer, they… Continue Reading →
The other day I had a visit from the McBrayers, both father and son. They were in Louisville and wanted to bring me a bottle of their second batch of W.H. McBrayer Bourbon. We sat on the porch and had… Continue Reading →
Calumet Farm has a rich history in the equine industry in Kentucky. They have produced two Triple Crown winners, eight Kentucky Derby winners, eight Preakness winners and eleven horses in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. All of… Continue R…
I was recently asked if rectifiers deserved the bad reputation they had in the 19th century. The answer is “yes and no”. There were rectifiers that simply purchased whiskey from distilleries and married the barrels to make their own flavor… Continue …
I have known the author, Heather Wibbels, for some time. She has been part of Bourbon Women for many years and has competed in their “Not Your Pink Drink” cocktail competition since its inception. She won this competition several times… Continue Read…
Rosemary and I were in New York last March and we visited the Great Jones Distillery in Manhattan. I took the tour and Rosemary went to the bar to try some cocktails. We enjoyed our experience and picked up a… Continue Reading →
Alcohol has always played an important role in American culture. In 1620, when the pilgrims settled in America, their ranks included a brewer and they brought beer with them. In 1640, Cornelius Toun distilled the first recorded brandy in New… Continu…
Most people today will recognize the “King” brand as being a limited release Bourbon from Brown-Forman, but that is not the origin of the label. The brand dates back to the post-Prohibition era as a blended whiskey in Brown-Forman’s portfolio. ……
This is a whiskey developed at Castle & Key in cooperation with the Kentucky Black Bourbon Guild in Lexington. It is a whiskey that is a blend of Bourbon and rye whiskeys made at Castle & Key to be sold… Continue Reading →
