High Tech Bourbon Tasting with Bulleit
High Tech Bourbon Tasting with Bulleit on the Bourbon Trail How do you elevate a Bourbon tasting and stand out on the Bourbon Trail? You play to all the senses to heighten the tasting experience. The Bulleit Bourbon Visitor Experience Center in Shelbyville Kentucky...
Heaven Hill Distillery 11 Things You Should Know
Heaven Hill Distillery, founded by the Shapira family in Bardstown, Ky., in 1935, is the largest family-owned and operated distillery in the U.S. It’s also the second-largest bourbon distillery in the world, and one of the country’s largest spirits suppliers. Ready...
Four Roses 2019 Limited Ed Small Batch: The Best One Yet?
Every September, in commemoration of National Bourbon Month, the Four Roses Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, releases a limited edition, small batch bourbon. The expression is a special release, and is not part of the distillery’s core range. When the supply runs...
Bootlegging: Facebook shuts down ‘BSM’
Call it modern-day bootlegging-- selling alcohol on sites like Facebook has always been illegal. But within the last few months, the social media giant has taken action to make sure its users are following the law. Facebook is deleting all pages and groups pertaining...
MGP Stock Plunged as Aged-Whiskey Sales Dashed
Sales of aged whiskey fell in the past quarter at the distiller MGP Ingredients —pinching its profit and sending the stock down 26% on Wednesday. Historically a contract distiller for big-name spirits outfits like Diageo, MGP decided to bet on whiskey’s popularity by...
New director of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Before there were hundreds of bourbon-centric events throughout the year in Louisville and throughout Kentucky, there was the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. And after 27 years, the five-day event always held during National Bourbon Heritage Month continues to attract more...