Copperfox Rye Whisky Review and podcast with Rick Wasmund

Whisky: Copper Fox Rye Distillery: The Copper Fox Distillery, Sperryville, Virginia Age: 12 months, date bottled Oct. 01, 09 label reads Proof: 45% ABV; approx 90 proof Notes: Listen to BourbonBlog.com‘s podcast with Rick Wasmund below and on this link.   who happens to be a fan of the whisky too. Color: Light copper-amber Nose: Spicey… Read more »

 
Wasmund’s Single Malt Whisky Review and podcast with Rick Wasmund

Whisky: Wasmund’s Single Malt Whisky Distillery: The Copper Fox Distillery, Sperryville, Virginia Age: 15 months, label reads “Batch No. 35” Proof: 48% ABV;  96%  proof Notes: Copper Fox is the only distillery in the world that flavors their malt with fruitwood smoke and only the distillery in North America malts their own barley. Listen to… Read more »

 
Kentucky Derby Hat Preview from Paris Kyne Master Milliner and available for purchase at 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville

Last year during the Kentucky Derb 135, BourbonBlog.com met Australia’s Master Milliner Paris Kyne in this video who designed many Kentucky Derby Hats. His hats were worn by fashionable Kentucky Derby attendees and also on exhibit and 21c Museum Hotel, which we showed you in this video we did on 21c. Paris is giving BourbonBlog.com… Read more »

 
The History of American Whiskey by Gary Regan

Gary “Gaz” Regan is self proclaimed cocktail freak and author, cocktail journalist, who we were familiar with and officially met during BourbonBlog.com’s coverage of the Evan Williams Single Barrel Unveiling. Gaz recently authored the bartender’s GIN compendium. His Bourbon books include The Book of Bourbon and The Bourbon Companion. We are glad that Gaz has… Read more »

 
Jim Beam, ESPN and Scoop Jackson with “The Next Round” new web show on ESPN.com

BourbonBlog.com congratulates Jim Beam Bourbon and ESPN as they launch a new web series called The Next Round – Served Up By Jim Beam, to be hosted by ESPN personality and award-winning journalist Scoop Jackson. The series will feature famous guests discussing the news with a focus on sports and pop culture. BourbonBlog.com is happy… Read more »

 
Irish Beer Reviews for St. Patrick’s Day

Irish beer reviews in this video episode for St. Patrick’s Day along with Irish Car Bomb demonstration. Reviews of  Guinness Pub Draught, Brian Boru Old Irish Red, Murphy’s Irish Stout, and Smithwick’s and tasting notes below. Brian Boru Old Irish Red by Tree Floyds Brewing, Indiana, 5.90% ABV Gorgeous malt fruity nose. Quite a bit… Read more »

 
Pocket Shots

BourbonBlog.com discovers “Pocket Shots,” a flexible, rugged plastic pouch of Kentucky Bourbon whiskey. The Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey Pocket Shots come from a 4 year old Bourbon that is surprisingly decent in flavor to have just come out of this little pouch. In this video, we take a shot in Bardstown, Kentucky,  miles away from where… Read more »

 
The Brown Hotel Bar, Louisville, Kentucky

Enjoy an Old-Fashioned cocktail in the lavish lobby bar of the Brown Hotel that Southern Living Magazine describes as “straight from a 1930’s movie set”. At this treasured 1923 landmark, the famous “Hot Brown” was created to satisfy the cravings of the late-night dance crowd. Sample one for yourself, and take a browse below of… Read more »

 
Bourbons Bistro, Louisville Kentucky

BourbonBlog.com has covered Bourbons Bistro extensively over the past several years with video episode including the one linked below on BourbonBlog.com. Also check out the Bourbon list of over 130 Bourbons below at Bourbons Bistro. As part of the Urban Bourbon Trail, Bourbons Bistro in on Historic Frankfort Avenue in Louisville. Bourbons Bistro is the… Read more »