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 »
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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 »
Bourbon & Blues by Hans Offringa
BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer interviews author Hans Offringa as he released his new book Bourbon and Blues, at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2011. Four Roses Master Distiller Jim Rutledge contributed as both an editor and also provided the foreword for the book. Hans is from the Netherlands and his wife Becky is from South Carolina. They… Read more »
Four Roses Small Batch 2011 Limited Edition Review
The Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition Small Batch 2011 Bourbon review. It has been been released and BourbonBlog.com brings you our tasting notes and review below. During Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2011 week, BourbonBlog.com attended a special tasting with Four Roses Mellow Moments Club members at the distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Members of the Four… Read more »
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