While plenty of distilleries throughout the country and world embrace their location for inspiration and branding, I can think of few that have as fully and prolifically as the Seattle-based Westland Distillery...

Elmer T. Lee, during his time alive, was clearly one of the most influential master distillers Buffalo Trace ever had working at its stills in Kentucky. He is known for may things there, including creating Blanton’s, the world’s first single barrel bourbon, and in honor of him there exists the well loved Elmer T. Lee Bourbon...

Bourbon whiskey, or bourbon, is primarily made from corn mash...

Kentucky-based Peerless Distilling Company just released a new bourbon. This may not sound particularly newsworthy, until you discover it’s the first bourbon the distillery has released in over a century...

I’m standing on the lawn of the Jim Beam distillery in Claremont, Kentucky. The sticky summer heat is oppressive and all I can smell is bourbon — its aroma permeates the air like a strong perfume...

When Mark Brown became president and chief executive of Sazerac in June 1997, one of his first trips was to the company’s George T. Stagg distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. The bourbon industry had been in decline for decades, and the facility was near ruin...

Even though applejack and Maryland rye whiskey might be older, there are few spirits more connected to the American-spirit and psyche than bourbon...

During its eight-season run, Game of Thrones saw a kingdom’s worth of boozy tie-in — beers, wines, and, of course, nine different Scotch whiskies courtesy of the Diageo-owned brand Johnnie Walker. So with the days of Game of Thrones’ tipples waning, Diageo has another popular franchise to work with: The Walking Dead.

The World’s Largest Bourbon Festival, Bourbon & Beyond, makes its anticipated return to Louisville, KY Friday, September 20, Saturday, September 21, and Sunday, September 22, expanding to three days full of incredible music, unique culinary events, and unmatched experiences from the region’s best distilleries at the new Highland Festival Grounds At KY Expo Center...

The Boot Hill Distillery, located in Dodge City, Kansas, is said to be unique in its region for being one of the only local distilleries to have “complete control over the entire distilling process; from the moment seeds are planted, to bottles being filled.”

Woodford Reserve, Brown-Forman’s premium American whiskey label, has covered most of the major domestic whiskey categories to date, including bourbon, rye and malt. One that was missing? Wheat....

This column is not about the latest iteration of the Bulleit family tragedy, which has been ignited again by an article yesterday in Neat Pour, in which Hollis Worth (née Bulleit) gives her first interview...

The Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897, which set the standards by which bottled-in-bond American whiskeys exist today as, was signed into law in that year by then American president Grover Cleveland...

When one thinks of whiskey distilled in-state, Michigan is a relative newcomer to the game. While some of this might be simple marketing and branding of its southern neighbors, part of it also relates to arcane laws that were overturned relatively recently...

The Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. American whiskeys over the years for Buffalo Trace have proven to be a resounding success as far as offerings go, particularly some of the ones which are rarer in scope. The collection first began in 2011, and several subsequent releases have followed...

As long as the whiskey you’re drinking isn’t a white whiskey (a.k.a “white dog” or “moonshine”), it’ll have been “aged” to some extent. The golden, caramel hues you see in your favorite bottles come from the casks the whiskey is aged in, after all, not the distillation process...

I'm not naming names because everyone's palate is different. Some bourbons getting rave reviews are meh to me, and I like stuff ...

The Barton 1792 distillery in Kentucky is a part of the Sazerac company, known most commonly to bourbon lovers because of its ownership of Buffalo Trace. It has debuted over time a number of limited edition expressions, including High Rye, Sweet Wheat, Single Barrel, Port Finish, Full Proof and Bottled in Bond. Joining these now is a new offering called 1792 Aged Twelve Years...

A Jim Beam warehouse filled with about 40,000 bourbon barrels in Kentucky remains on fire Wednesday, according to officials...

Picking a single, definitive alcohol to serve at a party is a power move. It dials in the festivities to a specific mood and vibe...

It’s July already, and that means it’s time to clean the cobwebs out of the grill and start cooking up some burgers...

Barton 1792 Distillery has announced the first annual release of a new Aged Twelve Years Small Batch Bourbon...

Buffalo Trace Distillery, a subsidiary of Sazerac Company, is currently undertaking an expansion of its distillery to meet the increasing demand for its bourbon. Located in Frankfort, Kentucky, US, the distillery received the title of National Historic Landmark in 2013...

A fan favorite from last year’s releases, Brown-Forman’s King of Kentucky returns as a 15-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon for $249.99. It hits Kentucky-only shelves in July in the proof range of 131.3...

Both whiskey geeks and bargain hunters were understandably sad when Heaven Hill announced the discontinuation of its classic, white label Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon last year. That product from Heaven Hill, often just referred to as “White Label,” was a 6-year-old, 100 proof, bottled-in-bond bourbon that often represented one of the best pure values in Kentucky bourbon, regularly retailing for around $15 per 750 ml bottle...

BARDSTOWN, Ky. — Milt Spalding was in awe last summer when he arrived at the Barton 1792 Distillery after a bourbon warehouse collapse. "I wasn’t prepared for what I was about to see,” said Spalding, the spokesman for the Nelson County Emergency Management Agency since 2016. “Then you get there, and there’s half a warehouse and a pile of barrels. It was kind of surreal..."

Bourbon rules this historic trail, but there are many other attractions, too...

During bourbon tastings, the lights and sounds will change to help enhance the flavors of the bourbon. Visitors can also make their own label to apply to their bottle of bourbon...

A year after a bourbon barrel warehouse collapsed in Bardstown, a rickhouse at another distillery in Western Kentucky has collapsed...

Who chugs Pappy Van Winkle straight from the bottle!?!?!

The summer is full of food and drink related holidays. Some of them are less important (we’re looking at you National Tapioca Day), but others deserve a whole week instead of just one measly day...

When it comes to Father's Day gifts, whiskey stands out as a dependable go-to. An estimated $15 billion will be spent on the holiday, and a sizable chunk of that change will be thrown down on assorted bourbons and ryes.

Jim Beam Black is one of those bar staples you see most anywhere, being a relatively good sipper for the price point and also one that goes extremely well in cocktails. Home consumption wise it is an easy one to share around with a group of friends, especially for those on very limited whiskey spending budgets...

CLERMONT, Ky., June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Basil Hayden's® Bourbon, one of the fastest growing super-premium bourbons on the market, proudly announces the limited-time release of Basil Hayden's Caribbean Reserve Rye™.

National Bourbon Day is almost here — June 14 — and it’s hard to decide what drink will help you celebrate the day best. Luckily Jacob Bender, beverage director of the Spotted Owl, gave us his solution to cocktail indecisiveness: the Surprise Me Series...

To qualify as bourbon whiskey federal law mandates a spirit be produced in the US, made from a grain mixture (also called a mashbill) of at least 51 percent corn, distilled to no more than 160 proof, enter the aging container at no more than 125 proof, bottled to at least 80 proof and it must be aged in new, charred oak barrels. Nowhere does it require the standard American White oak barrel...

Nicole Austin, general manager and distiller at Cascade Hollow Distilling Co., where George Dickel Tennessee Whisky is made, doesn’t mince words when it comes to the meaninglessness of the numbers on the bottles...

<p>Podcasting isn’t just all the rage, it’s quickly becoming a top entertainment option for U.S. consumers. And the best bourbon podcasts are right there in the mix.</p>

First reported by Whiskey Wash, a San Diego-based online whiskey retailer called Sip Whiskey listed a new bottling of 1792’s award-winning Full Proof bourbon — Full Proof Single Barrel Select “The Collapsed Barrel” — touting a connection to the distillery’s warehouse collapse last summer. Problem is, the juice inside doesn’t seem to have aged in the collapsed facility at all...

It’s hard not to think of Kentucky when you think “bourbon.” The American whiskey was born in shady Kentucky hollers and is inextricably linked to that state’s culture. Still, bourbon doesn’t have to be made in Kentucky to be called bourbon...

The folks at Woodford Reserve are giving whiskey fans the chance to try their bourbon in its purest form...

Time for another release from Barrell Bourbon! We have reviewed many of the batches put out by this blending company from Kentucky, and are happy to see what this double award winning bourbon is going to be like...

Normally, I reject the idea of ‘best.’ For one thing, it’s subjective. What is best for you is whatever you like best. There is no objective ‘best...

As we pedaled our bikes over the rolling hills of Kentucky, I could practically taste the bourbon. There’d be a glass waiting for us at the end of the ride, of course — two fingers of whiskey, with a single ice cube. But being surrounded by the raw ingredients had the flavor tickling my tongue.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Kentucky-based Buffalo Trace Distillery is offering non-profit organizations a chance to win a rare bottle of Bourbon Whiskey to support their cause...

Are you a bourbon hunter? Do you scour the package store in an endless quest for “dusties” and rare, limited release whiskeys? Well, then—do we have a fashion development for you. Now, you can be both functional and nigh-on invisible in the package store aisles, thanks to the wonders of “Bourbon Camouflage®”...

Blade and Bow is a bourbon label launched by Diageo, the global spirits conglomerate best known for Scotch, particularly Johnnie Walker. The idea behind the brand is to honor the heritage of the Stitzel-Weller distillery, a legendary Kentucky producer of bourbon that opened in 1935 — on Derby Day, in fact. Stitzel-Weller went defunct in the early ‘90s, but Diageo brought it back to life in 2014...

Great bourbon isn’t hard to come by. But as any bourbon collector will tell you, the hunt is half the fun. And when it comes to hunting bourbon whiskey, there’s no more-fertile ground than its origin. Here, eight bottles of brown you’ll have to travel to Kentucky to find...

Bourbon is one of the most popular spirits in the world. Some Kentucky distilleries are adding data analytics, automation, IoT sensors, and RFID tags to streamline production...

The Kentucky Derby horse race takes place Saturday, and the classic Derby drink is Mint Juleps, heavy on the bourbon...