BourbonBlog.com has been reviewing spirits from Finger Lakes Distilling of Burdett, New York. We recently reviewed their McKenzie Rye and Glen Thunder Corn Whiskey. They tells us they are in the process of making a Bourbon. Finger Lakes Distilling President Brian McKenzie tells BourbonBlog.com: “We take an old fashioned approach to making our bourbon. We… Read more »
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Woodford Reserve 2010 Kentucky Derby Bottle Limited Edition featuring art of Jeaneen Barnhart
Woodford Reserve, the Official Bourbon of the Kentucky Derby, tells BourbonBlog.com, they are again honoring the country’s favorite horse race with a limited-edition Kentucky Derby commemorative bottle. The 2010 bottle features the work of nationally-acclaimed, Louisville-based artist Jeaneen Barnhart. “When creating this special painting, my intent was to reveal the energy and emulate the figures… Read more »
Podcast: The Copper Fox Distillery, Interview with Rick Wasmund
Podcast interview with Rick Wasmund, founder and owner of The Copper Fox Distillery, Sperryville, Virginia. Listen to Rick tell BourbonBlog.com how he had the idea to start the only distillery in the world that flavors their malt with fruitwood smoke and only the distillery in North America malts their own barley. Reviews of Wasmund’s Single… Read more »
Copperfox Rye Whisky Review and podcast with Rick Wasmund
Whisky: Copper Fox Rye Distillery: The Copper Fox Distillery, Sperryville, Virginia Age: 12 months, date bottled Oct. 01, 09 label reads Proof: 45% ABV; approx 90 proof Notes: Listen to BourbonBlog.com‘s podcast with Rick Wasmund below and on this link. who happens to be a fan of the whisky too. Color: Light copper-amber Nose: Spicey… Read more »
Wasmund’s Single Malt Whisky Review and podcast with Rick Wasmund
Whisky: Wasmund’s Single Malt Whisky Distillery: The Copper Fox Distillery, Sperryville, Virginia Age: 15 months, label reads “Batch No. 35” Proof: 48% ABV; 96% proof Notes: Copper Fox is the only distillery in the world that flavors their malt with fruitwood smoke and only the distillery in North America malts their own barley. Listen to… Read more »
Kentucky Derby Hat Preview from Paris Kyne Master Milliner and available for purchase at 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville
Last year during the Kentucky Derb 135, BourbonBlog.com met Australia’s Master Milliner Paris Kyne in this video who designed many Kentucky Derby Hats. His hats were worn by fashionable Kentucky Derby attendees and also on exhibit and 21c Museum Hotel, which we showed you in this video we did on 21c. Paris is giving BourbonBlog.com… Read more »
The History of American Whiskey by Gary Regan
Gary “Gaz” Regan is self proclaimed cocktail freak and author, cocktail journalist, who we were familiar with and officially met during BourbonBlog.com’s coverage of the Evan Williams Single Barrel Unveiling. Gaz recently authored the bartender’s GIN compendium. His Bourbon books include The Book of Bourbon and The Bourbon Companion. We are glad that Gaz has… Read more »
Jim Beam, ESPN and Scoop Jackson with “The Next Round” new web show on ESPN.com
BourbonBlog.com congratulates Jim Beam Bourbon and ESPN as they launch a new web series called The Next Round – Served Up By Jim Beam, to be hosted by ESPN personality and award-winning journalist Scoop Jackson. The series will feature famous guests discussing the news with a focus on sports and pop culture. BourbonBlog.com is happy… Read more »
Irish Beer Reviews for St. Patrick’s Day
Irish beer reviews in this video episode for St. Patrick’s Day along with Irish Car Bomb demonstration. Reviews of Guinness Pub Draught, Brian Boru Old Irish Red, Murphy’s Irish Stout, and Smithwick’s and tasting notes below. Brian Boru Old Irish Red by Tree Floyds Brewing, Indiana, 5.90% ABV Gorgeous malt fruity nose. Quite a bit… Read more »
Pocket Shots
BourbonBlog.com discovers “Pocket Shots,” a flexible, rugged plastic pouch of Kentucky Bourbon whiskey. The Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey Pocket Shots come from a 4 year old Bourbon that is surprisingly decent in flavor to have just come out of this little pouch. In this video, we take a shot in Bardstown, Kentucky, miles away from where… Read more »
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