Our video previewing the 1999 Vintage of Evan Williams Single Barrel during the unveiling party at the Louisville Palace.  We join Heaven Hill Distilleries and the Bardstown Bourbon Society to taste it straight from the first barrel of the vintage in the episode below.  Also see photo gallery below that. × To view the complete photo gallery… Read more »

 
Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection Sweet Mash Whiskey Limited Edition

Woodford Reserve is reviving a long-abandoned bourbon production practice with the release of the third whiskey in its award-winning Master’s Collection series, 1838 Sweet Mash. Kentucky’s signature industry is famous for its sour mash whiskies, and the Woodford Reserve 1838 Sweet Mash is an exception with this revival of a historic technique. “Though no one… Read more »

 
Bluegrass Brewing Company’s Bourbon Barrel Stout

× Used Bourbon barrels finish  years of aging a bourbon and go on to another life: Aging the Bluegrass Brewing Company Bourbon Barrel Stout. Watch above as BourbonBlog.com visits BBC in Louisville to pay our respects to a respectable flavor in the episode below. This is the afterlife of a bourbon barrel…

 
Bill Samuels Jr. tellls the Story of Maker’s Mark

Bill Samuels Jr., President of Maker’s Mark, shares the story of Maker’s Mark and its heritage in this two part episode. We recorded this as we toured his office at the Maker’s Mark Distillery in Loretto, KY × × Filmed during Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2008.

 
The Bourbon Review Magazine Interview

 The Bourbon Review  loves covering bourbon stories as much as we do.  We are so impressed with this new magazine. Watch our interview below with Brad Kerrick and Seth Thompson, Publishers of The Bourbon Review. Like Bourbon this Much? – Watch more free videos

 
The Bourbon Ball, Take 24

 The 24th Annual Bourbon Ball  is in  the Louisville Underground presented The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft and The Louisville Film Arts Institute.  Next year’s Louisville’s International Festival of Film is unveiled,  actor Lee Majors receives a Lifetime Achievement Award, and bourbon distillers partner with Urban Bourbon Trail restaurants for the event.  Watch this episode… Read more »

 
Tom Flocco, President & CEO Beam Global Spirits and Wine, Bourbon Hall of Fame

BourbonBlog.com interviews Tom Flocco as he is inducted into the Bourbon Hall of Fame 2008 during the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. Every year, each distillery plus the Kentucky Bourbon Festival submit candidates to the Kentucky Distillers Association for selection. Watch our interview with Tom Flocco below and read more about this year’s inductees.

 
Bourbon, Cigars, and Jazz with Heaven Hill at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2008

The flavors of Heaven Hill Bourbons and CAO Cigars come together at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2008 for the Bourbon, Cigars and Jazz evening!   Experience it in this episode … ×

 
Wild Turkey’s Boots and Bourbon at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2008

Boots and Wild Turkey Bourbon..what more could you need? To watch our video of this party from the Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2008 including an interview with Wild Turkey Master Distiller Jimmy Russell.

 
Jim Beam Master Distiller Fred Noe and his Bourbon-Q, Kentucky Bourbon Festival

Jim Beam Master Distiller Fred Noe is the great-grandson of Jim Beam. He invites BourbonBlog.com to his house for the Bourbon-Q during Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2008. Fred talks about his Small Batch Collection, his late father Booker Noe, and the heritage of Jim Beam Bourbons in the episode below.