The 33rd Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Eve Gala is coming in Louisville and the celebrities on the red carpet will include Janet Jackson Jason Aldean Sam Hunt Orlando Bloom Justin Hartley Darius Rucker, New Edition’s Bobby Brown, and many more to raise funds for Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center at the University of Kentucky.
Taste of Derby Festival presented by Brown-Forman returns tonight to Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday, April 26. Food and spirits samples from more than 50 celebrated local restaurants, bourbon distilleries, and beverage companies and have the chance to leave with your favorite spirits from their bourbon and wine pull.
The new Orphan Barrel Whiskey Fable & Folly Bourbon Whiskey release is aged 14 + years and is a blend of previous Kentucky Straight Bourbon releases including Orphan Barrel Barterhouse, Forged Oak, and Rhetoric and was created by Master Blender Andrew Mackay with Diageo.
Flaviar tjas just hired Noah Rothbaum, David Wondrich, and Leah Doyle who previously led Half Full, a creative and consultative studio. With this partnership, Flaviar is bringing together leading experts to offer unique value to liquor companies by providing access to consumers and proprietary data. The consultancy and creative studio will be named The Beverage Bureau.
Buzzard’s Roost has released limited-edition rye that actually was created from four-year-old whiskey and aged in our proprietary American Oak barrels. Prior to aging, our barrels were cold-smoked with aged Kentucky tobacco leaves.
Kentucky Derby 148’s Woodford Reserve Bourbon $1,000 Mint Julep Recipe, featuring ingredients found at France’s Palace of Versailles, with proceeds will benefit Old Friends Farm, where famous thoroughbreds, including past Derby winners, are sent to retire peacefully. Woodford Reserve Bourbon Whiskey Master Distiller Chris Morris tells us about this year’s recipe.
Tom Fischer and Matty Rock welcome Janus Coffee Roasters owners Shad Bates and Shea Bates to the Cigar Saturday Show. Janus Coffee of Wyoming have some other exciting projects to talk with us about and we’ll drink BourbonBlog Coffee and pair them with some cigars!
Kentucky Derby 2022 is coming and we have a sneak peek of the Woodford Reserve Kentucky Derby Bottle from the Woodford Reserve Distillery. This collectible Woodford Reserve Bourbon Whiskey 2022 Kentucky Derby Bottle and artist Jamie Corum. Watch for more 2022 Kentucky Derby news from BourbonBlog
Rare Irish Whiskey Tasting for St. Patrick’s Day 2022. Whiskey expert Tom Fischer will taste the Teeling Whiskey the new limited-edition Teeling 30-Year-Old Single Malt Whiskey with Teeling Master Distiller Alex Chasko, who will broadcast live from Dublin, Ireland. This Rare Irish whiskey is $2,200 a bottle and only 4,000 bottles globally,
Spirits expert Tom Fischer welcomes Patrón’s Kenny Jordan and Antonio Rodriguez to review and taste the new Patrón Sherry Cask Aged Añejo Tequila, Patrón Extra Añejo Tequila, and Gran Patrón Piedra Tequilas from Jalisco, Mexico. Patrón Sherry Cask Aged Añejo matures for more than two years in Spanish oak barrels once used to produce the finest Oloroso sherry.
