On The Road The Lexington Bourbon Society The bourbon scene in Lexington, Kentucky has always been good. Located in the center of the state, Lexington is at the crossroads of all of the great Bluegrass distilleries.
On The Road New Riff Distillery Opens in Newport Kentucky At the end of May I got to attend a media sneak peek at the newly opened New Riff Distillery. As it was being constructed, I could tell it was going to be a beautiful facility with a lot of serious investment behind it.
On The Road Destination: Wild Turkey Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’m heading down to Louisville and beyond to help Jimmy and Eddie Russell celebrate the grand opening of the new Wild Turkey visitor center on Tuesday evening. I’m pretty excited to be one of several whiskey writers/bloggers invited down for the event.
On The Road Bourbon Across America Visits The Old Gold The best way to learn about something is often to do it and to do it often. That’s certainly true when it comes to enjoying bourbon.
Bars Bourbon Across America Visits Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar Bourbon and I are old friends. We first got to know each other back in my 20′s and we’ve been enjoying each other’s company ever since. Sure, at first I thought bourbon was a little out of my league.
On The Road Thank You Century Bar! I’m currently recovering from a fantastic weekend visiting the fine folks at the Century Bar in Dayton, Ohio. Once I get back into the swing of things I’ll post a detailed recap of my weekend along with some video and additional photos.
2012 Bourbon Pilgrimage, Day 1 | Buffalo Trace Distillery It’s hard to believe that just over 4 weeks ago the 2012 Bourbon & Banter Pilgrimage kicked-off with a behind the scenes hard hat tour at the Buffalo Trace distillery. It’s taken me a lot longer than expected to begin posting about the Pilgrimage but as they say ‘better late than never’. On Thursda
On The Road Bourbon Across America Today I’m excited to announce a new project I’m under taking here at Bourbon & Banter. I’m calling it Bourbon Across America. The project’s goal is to explore how people across the country are experiencing bourbon in their daily lives both personally and professionally. w