Breckenridge Distillery CEO Bryan Nolt takes BourbonBlog.com on a journey through mountain, river and land. We follow the snowmelt water used in Breckenridge Bourbon and Vodka from the top of the Continental Divide all the way to the Blue River. The water’s natural minerality and perfect PH make it unique for mashing, distilling and blending… Read more »

 
Drinking Breckenridge Bourbon Atop Mt. Baldy in Colorado

× We are in Breckenridge, Colorado with Breckenridge Distillery as the Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival 2011 kicks off! We’ll  bring you more coverage here on BourbonBlog.com and we wanted to share this short video with you as we climbed Mt. Baldy yesterday to drink some Breckenridge Bourbon and Vodka.  

 
The Blanhattan

The Blanhattan, with Blanton’s Bourbon from Bourbon Blog on Vimeo. While you may be accustomed to drinking Blanton’s Bourbon neat or simply on the rocks, BourbonBlog.com learns during Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2011 how flavorsome it can be in a cocktail. During the Mixed Drink Challenge, we join John Shutt, International Sales Director for Blanton’s Bourbon…. Read more »

 
Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival, Still on the Hill 2011 in Colorado

BourbonBlog.com is in Breckenridge, Colorado for the Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival (aka -“Still on the Hill” 2011) this weekend October 7-9, 2011. After joining our friends from Breckenridge Distillery (The Highest Distillery in the World) at Tales of the Cocktail 2011, we were  impressed with them and their Breckenridge Vodka and Breckenridge Bourbon. So we… Read more »

 
Grilled Pineapple with Cinnamon Maker’s Mark Bourbon Glaze

Our Friends at BatterLicker.com tell BourbonBlog.com that this Grilled Pineapple with Cinnamon Bourbon Glaze is a finger-licking addictive glaze, spiked with brown sugar and an olive oil-butter combo with bourbon, cinnamon, cloves and cayenne for a spicy, smoky flavor. They also tell us that now that apples are in season for the Fall, it is… Read more »

 
Barrel House Distillery joins Kentucky Distillers’ Association

Barrel House Distilling Co., an innovative leader in Kentucky’s growing craft distillery industry, has joined the Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA). Barrel House operates our of the historic Distillery District in downtown Lexington, Kentucky where they are now producing a Pure Blue Vodka, Devil John Moonshine and their Rum and Whiskey will be released in the… Read more »

 
Bourbon Tomato Jam Recipe

Our friends at Friends Drift Inn tell BourbonBlog.com that their Bourbon Tomato Jam creation is like a gateway to Fall. It’s thick. It’s sweet. It has cayenne peppers for punches and bourbon for kicks and giggles. “Hearty” seems like a good descriptor. Try it on roasted pork, slather it on cornmeal muffins or even some Sweet Pumpkin… Read more »

 
Fall Drinks and Recipes with Maker’s Mark and Maker’s 46

Bill Samuels, Jr. reminded BourbonBlog.com recently that Maker’s 46 is celebrating a birthday of just a little over one year old. To celebrate this and Autumn, we recognize that Maker’s Mark Bourbon has caramel and vanilla flavors that mesh well with the flavors of Fall. So we’re sharing below some seasonal recipes for cocktails and… Read more »

 
The Kentucky Headhunters Live at the Four Roses Concert

As many festival goers are hunting for more Four Roses Bourbon, BourbonBlog.com takes you to The Kentucky Headhunters concert on the “Music on the Lawn,” a free concert in Bardstown, Kentucky during Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2011. Four Roses Master Distiller Jim Rutledge introduces The Kentucky Headhunters as they return to the Four Roses stage for… Read more »

 
Australians and Bourbon

At BourbonBlog.com, we’ve always known the Aussies love the Bourbon and we appreciate all of you from Austrlia that visit our sites. At Kentucky Bourbon Festival, we meet a Wayde and Claire Pascoe, a newlywed couple from Australia that is spending 1 month in the USA for their honeymoon. They made sure to include several… Read more »