rye

Hotaling Remembers 1906 Earthquake with Special Rye Release

April 19, 2024

April 18 marked the anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake that destroyed most of San Francisco, but notably not the A.P....

Bourbon

Bottled-in-Bond Dreams at Peerless Distillery

June 3, 2015

Louisville added a new distillery to its growing list, and this one is planning bottled-in-bond bourbons and ryes. The Kentucky...

Bourbon

May 28, 2015

I’m a big fan of Mint Julep Tours. Their tour guides are among the most knowledgable in the business, and...

Cocktails

July 9, 2014

There’s the new car smell, new shoe smell and the new distillery smell—a lovely aroma of fresh wood, copper and...

Bourbon

September 1, 2013

When I listened to Greg Fischer during a 2010 mayoral debate, bourbon didn’t come up. But, little did he or...

Bourbon

July 13, 2013

Sometimes, it’s a bad idea to go into a story with it already written in your head. Such was the...

Cocktails

May 18, 2013

Gary Gruver was cut from the cloth of old school bartenders. As a managing partner and head mixologist of Louisville’s...