Cocktails Kentucky Campfire Old Fashioned Cocktail My best advice about cocktails is to view the classics not as a recipe, but as a formula. This is especially true of my favorite cocktail: the Old Fashioned.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Basil Hayden’s 10 Year Bourbon Review – 2020 Release The initial mellow flavors hit on the traditional notes of caramel, vanilla, rye spice and oak but I found the taste thin and fleeting. After my initial tasting notes, I added a few drops of water (as per usual review practice) – this was a mistake; most flavors became non-existent and I felt like I
Events Bourbon & Beyond 2019 Recap Bourbon, Music, Food, Panel Discussions, and People Watching – what a great way to spend the final three days of the lunar summer. The third annual Bourbon and Beyond, the second of three music festivals in the Louisville TriFesta series produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, was a resounding success.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Goodwood Stout Barrel Finish Bourbon Review There is an old saying that goes: there is no use in crying over spilled milk and fallen bourbon rickhouses. Okay, so I may have taken artistic liberties with the latter half of the saying but you’ll see where I am going with this.
Rye Whiskey Reviews Coppercraft Straight Rye Whiskey Review This was my favorite of the three Coppercraft whiskies we reviewed. The nose was quite inviting and there should be no doubt you have a rye whiskey in your glass.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Coppercraft Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review To get a direct, head to head comparison, I sampled the two bourbons side by side. It may be a product of my own expectations, but this Straight Bourbon left me a bit underwhelmed.
On The Road Get To Know: Sour Mash Tours It’s no secret that many fans of bourbon flock to Kentucky annually to have an experience on the Bourbon Trail™. And while those outings are almost certainly rites of passage for visitors to the Bluegrass state, there are many new and cool options to check out as well.
Distilleries 1792 Barrel Select Pick On a cold day in late January 2017, I was invited to participate in a private barrel select at Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown, Ky. The owner of Louisville Party Center, Jamie Masticola, was looking to stock his already impressive shelves with a store label expression of 1792 Full Proof.
Banter 100 Proof Bonded Weekend: A BIB Blind Tasting It’s that time of year again. My annual guy’s weekend in the mountains of western North Carolina. If you read my post from last year, you may recall that a few of my buddies from Louisville and I make our way to Tuckasegee, N.C. each year for a weekend of bourbon, football, and grilling.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Jefferson’s Presidential Select 16 Year Old Review With a Straight Kentucky Bourbon label and a 16 year age statement, the latest release from Jefferson’s is sourced from one of Kentucky’s bigger, established distilleries.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Belle Meade Single Barrel Bourbon Review My first experience tasting Belle Meade was a few years ago at an event in Louisville. The featured guest speaker at the event was Charlie Nelson, great x 3 grandson of Belle Meade founder Charles Nelson.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Rabbit Hole Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review What happens when you chase both a woman and your dream of opening a distillery? You go down the Rabbit Hole! And that is exactly what happened to Kaveh Zamanian.
Banter Blind Tasting: Non-Kentucky Brown Water Recently five good buddies and I made our annual pilgrimage from Louisville, KY to the mountains of western North Carolina for our Fall weekend of The Man Trip Trinity: unabated football watching, bourbon drinking, and consumption of grilled dead animals.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon Review At the stroke of midnight on January 17, 1920, it became a federal crime to manufacture, transport, and sell intoxicating liquors in the United States. The passage of the 18th Amendment and the subsequent Volstead Act shuttered many distilleries and put them out of business; many permanently.
Cocktails Stay Cool with a Kentucky Mule Now that we are enveloped in the throws of summer and barbecue season is well underway, it is time to re-open discussions about what adult drinks of choice will complement the fare coming off the grill and keep you cool on the those hot, humid evenings on the back patio.
Banter Bourbon: It’s Personal! When it comes to the booming cult of bourbon, many newbies feel they need to drink what the pundits are touting. While many expert opinions are valued for various reasons (Mike Veach, Susan Reigler, Fred Minnick, to name a few) it can be a bit intimidating to try and match the same tasting notes.
American Whiskey Reviews Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection 1838 White Corn Review Woodford Reserve’s latest Master’s Collection expression, its 10th such annual release, is the 1838 Style White Corn. With a limited release of only 30,000 bottles worldwide, the WRMC hit shelves in select markets in November 2015.
