BourbonBlog.com raises a toast to celebrate Louisville’s Urban Bourbon Trail’s 1st Birthday today!

If you are in Louisville today, our friends from Bourbon Country tell us they’d like to see you! They will be at all Urban Bourbon Trail locations throughout the day. Each establishment has drink specials and and there will be free prizes. Here are the details:

12noon – 1245p – - – Proof on Main and Maker’s Mark Bourbon House & Lounge
4p – 445p – - – Blu (at the Marriott Downtown) and Brown Hotel Lobby Bar
5p – 545p – - – Jockey Silks (at the Galt House) and Old Seelbach Bar
6p – 645p – - – Bourbons Bistro

Check out this video on Urban Bourbon Trail and visit this link for more information.

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It all started when I was reading PopMatters.com and John Wesley Harding described his love for Pogue and explained that Booker’s and Baker’s are “so good, they’re almost undrinkable.” His new album Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead was already in my spin, so I needed no further excuse to do this podcast interview with him to share with fans and bourbon lovers alike. I invite you to…

CLICK HERE TO STREAM THE PODCAST AND HEAR MORE ABOUT HIS MUSIC AND THE BOURBON (remove pop-up blockers as a new window will open)

Wes performs some Neil Young and one of his own tracks in this interview. By the way, Wes is on tour now and is performing some select dates with comedian Eugene Mirman in Wes & Eugene’s Cabinet of Wonders. Watch the video, it is referenced in the podcast.

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Kentucky Distillers’ Association tells BourbonBlog.com that the world-famous Kentucky Bourbon Trail is introducing a new logo, brochure, souvenir passport and commemorative t-shirt to mark its 10th anniversary and to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week.

“This is a significant milestone for one of Kentucky’s most popular tourism attractions,” said Eric Gregory, President of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. “It’s also a perfect opportunity to introduce a fresh new look that reflects the growing bourbon revolution.”

The KDA formed the Kentucky Bourbon Trail in 1999 after witnessing tourism and marketing opportunities in California’s wine country and Scotland’s whisky trails. Since then, millions of visitors from around the world have made the pilgrimage to Kentucky, the birthplace of bourbon.

The Trail features eight historic distilleries nestled among the beautiful Bluegrass scenery: Buffalo Trace, Four Roses, Heaven Hill, Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, Tom Moore, Wild Turkey and Woodford Reserve.

All participated in the unveiling of the new Kentucky Bourbon Trail “brand” at the Bluegrass Hospitality Association’s annual tourism forum in Lexington. “The new image combines our proud history of crafting fine bourbon with a contemporary look and feel,” Gregory said.

Rich brown and amber colors highlight the new logo, along with a sleek modern script over a bourbon barrel. The new brochure showcases each distillery and provides details about their unique tours.

Visitors also will now have a new keepsake – a souvenir passport. Guests who collect stamps at all distilleries can redeem the passport for a free Kentucky Bourbon Trail t-shirt. This year’s shirt commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Trail.

Gregory also encouraged bourbon enthusiasts to visit the Trail’s new Facebook page. A revised web site (www.kybourbontrail.com) and Twitter page are in the works and should be launched soon, Gregory said.

“Just like great bourbon, the Kentucky Bourbon Trail gets better with age,” Gregory said. “And just like the millions of barrels sleeping at our legendary distilleries, the best is yet to come. It’s the experience of a lifetime, 200 years in the making.”

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Nick Lachey, Bobby Flay, Travis Tritt, En Vogue and other celebrity guests make their way down the red carpet and BourbonBlog.com talks with them at The 2009 Barnstable Brown Derby Eve Gala. Barnstable Brown benefits the Barnstable Brown Kentucky Diabetes and Obesity Center.

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Food Network Host and celebrity chef Bobby Flay tells BourbonBlog.com how he enjoys his bourbon at Barnstable Brown Gala. Barnstable Brown benefits the Barnstable Brown Kentucky Diabetes and Obesity Center. More from the galas coming soon.

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View the photo gallery and sideshow below from the Mint Jubilee Gala raising funds for James Brown Graham Cancer Center and Barnstable Brown benefiting Barnstable Brown Kentucky Diabetes and Obesity Center. All photos by Mary Roffers Photography.

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Food Network host and celebrity chef Guy Fieri joins The Modern Mixologist Tony Abou-Ganim for the Marriott Oaks Bourbon Brunch to benefit Home of the Innocents in the video below…

Photos of Oaks Bourbon Brunch by Mary Roffers Photography

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