Bourbon News & Notes: Kentucky Peerless single barrel releases, and Buffalo Trace’s festive light...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 27 November 2020, by Susan Reigler
Kentucky Peerless’s Latest Single Barrel Releases
Kentucky Peerless in Louisville is notable both for producing sweet mash bourbons and ryes and for a continuing...
Hip Hops: 107 ways to describe hop aromas and flavors
"The man in the public bar never quite connects with the idea that beer is made from barley malt," wrote the late Michael 'Beer Hunter' Jackson. "He thinks it is produced from hops. A...
Bourbon News & Notes: Maker’s Mark and The LEE Initiative craft CommUNITY Batch bourbon...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 20 November 2020, by Susan Reigler
Maker’s Mark and Lee Initiative Launch Bourbon for Restaurant Relief
The LEE Initiative (Let’s Empower Employment) has joined Maker’s Mark Bourbon to release a...
Hip Hops: Celebrate Louisville’s newest breweries on Small Brewery Sunday
For Food & Dining Magazine's winter print edition (coming in December) I'll be taking a look at the breweries that have defied the pandemic and opened in the Louisville area in 2020. Of these,...
Bourbon News & Notes: Holiday bottles for bourbon lovers, and new Freddie’s sodas from...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 13 November, 2020, by Susan Reigler
Holiday Bottles for Bourbon Lovers
If you happen to be one of those organized gift givers who has already made your list of present recipients...
Hip Hops: Roosted Chiquen rye whiskey and amber lager, and the impact of custom...
My support for innovation is consistent, even if the traditionalist in me shakes the occasional fist at modernity.
Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Maryland is bringing us two bourbon barrel aged stouts just in time...
Bourbon News & Notes: Jim Beam Lineage, Last Drop Distillers and new Glencairn whiskey...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 6 November, 2020, by Susan Reigler
An International Travel Release from Jim Beam
Many whiskey enthusiasts know that distilleries, both in the U.S. and other countries including Scotland and Japan, produce...
Hip Hops: With an Elector or a Chimera, there’s always beer news fit to...
Tomorrow is Elector Day
The New Albanian Brewing Company Pizzeria & Public House (3312 Plaza Drive, New Albany) generally refers to Election Day as "Elector Day." NABC's original brewery began production in 2002, and the...
Bourbon News & Notes: The Cocktail Contessa’s Boulevardier, and a special Maker’s Mark for...
BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 30 October, 2020, by Susan Reigler
Breeders’ Cup Commemorative Bottle from Maker’s Mark
The Breeders’ Cup is returning to Kentucky next week (November 6 and 7) and once again Maker’s Mark...
Stingy Jack is reported heading toward Huber’s Orchard, Winery & Vineyards
Today we're operating under the assumption, prompted by Halloween's approach, that you're clamoring to read the instructive tale of Stingy Jack. He's an eternal wanderer through the long night, with only a glowing lump...
