The Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame has announced that it will induct Michter’s President Joseph J. Magliocco on September 13th, 2023. A native New Yorker who later adopted Louisville as his second home, Magliocco initially fell in love with Kentucky bourbon while bartending during college at Yale, where he was a Religious Studies major. After earning a …
By Richard Thomas A recent scroll through my Instagram yielded a picture of a bottle of Old Barterhouse bourbon, which had been trotted out by the poster to share at a gathering of fellow enthusiasts. He declared it one of his favorite pours, whenever he can snag a bottle that is. I have a long …
By Richard Thomas I’m often surprised when trends and fads don’t carry more people down what should be obvious path. For example, many say that the TV show Madmen helped drive the modern cocktail renaissance. Keeping that in mind, one wonders why this pairing didn’t spark more interest in film noir. True, the TV show …
Whiskey lovers are often portrayed as experienced, profound and self-assured. A common trait of people who enjoy drinking whiskey is that they also delight in telling stories about their lives and feel comfortable doing so in public places like the blackjack table. After all, few things go better together than drinking whiskey and playing cards. …
Bourbon Women is pleased to announce the 2023 SIP Scholarship Program funded by the Bourbon Women Foundation. Bourbon Women is a community that believes in paying it forward, helping develop new talent and professional connections in any industry, especially the spirits industry. Each year hundreds of Bourbon Women gather at the SIPosium National Conference for …
The work of a connoisseur is never done – there are always new heights to achieve and new tastes to experience. And when it comes to whiskey and cigar pairings, there’s definitely plenty to explore. Whether you’re pairing the whiskey to the cigar, or the cigar to the whiskey, it’s obviously important that one doesn’t …
Irish Distillers, producer of some of the world’s best loved Irish whiskeys, and Ancestry, the global leader in family history, have partnered once again to deliver more than fifty years of historical Jameson publicans’ agreements. The agreements are now available to search for free between March 27th and April 30th on Ancestry.ie The Publican Agreements, …
By Richard Thomas High end bourbon has been rocked by twin scandals in 2023, and while they are taking place on opposite sides of the country, all of it lies in the realm of bottles that are either truly finite (i.e. no more are coming) or those commanding demand that far outstrips supply. Collectables, in …
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