New platform gives bourbon enthusiasts the ability to buy a full barrel of bourbon, continue aging it and ultimately create their own private single-barrel release. BARDSTOWN, Ky., /PRNewswire/ — BarrelPick.com, a new platform designed to make full-barrel bourbon ownership accessible to individual consumers, officially launched last month during the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, Kentucky. The…
In July of 2014 I wrote an article from this prompt: describe a day in your life. I perused the original article and was reminded of my past. Here is an excerpt: I’ve been writing, can you believe this, before I started drinking. (You thought I was going to say walking?) Anyway, I wrote under…
Last week, on September 20, I shared the special announcements and what we tasted at the festival. This week I wanted to share some of the stories we heard from fellow guests, the social media that shouts out to all the brands we tried and the fest’s results. What People Said On the morning of…
How was the latest Kentucky Bourbon Festival, and did it meet the expectations we had after attending the 2023 event? For starters, this year we got a lot more teaser e-mails from distilleries offering festival bottles to look out for as well as special announcements. We also knew that we would be offered all of…
Bardstown, Ky. – The 2024 Kentucky Bourbon Festival is Sept. 13-15 in Bardstown, Ky., the Bourbon Capital of the World. The festival brings bourbon enthusiasts from all over the globe to Bardstown, Kentucky, to celebrate the spirited history and craft of bourbon during National Bourbon Heritage Month. For more information, visit www.kybourbonfestival.com. “The Kentucky Bourbon…
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival Board of Directors announced the election of Cordell Lawrence to the chairman position beginning with the 2024 festival, according president and COO Randy Prasse. Lawrence recently announced his new position as CEO of Eastern Light Distilling, a new venture coming to Morehead, Ky. He is well-known for his time at Kentucky…
At the Kentucky Bourbon Festival that Eddie and I attended last month there were several, dozens in fact, of amazing bottles. In my last two articles I did my best to shout out to many of them. For those I didn’t have any tasting notes, as the three-day event was so immense there simply wasn’t…
The night before the three-day Kentucky Bourbon Fest was set to begin we were invited to a small tasting with two distillers from Michter’s Whiskey. The Speakeasy we were set to meet at, an amazing space that even the employees that worked adjacent to had no clue was there, was a great backdrop for the…
We are still reeling in awe after attending our first Kentucky Bourbon Fest in Bardstown! My husband Eddie and I thought we knew plenty about bourbon before the fest, now we are on overload with the wealth of knowledge from the distillers, brand ambassadors and the attendees. I probably spent more time getting the inside…
A few weeks ago I shared on social media that Eddie and I would be attending the three-day Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown this year, September 15 through 17, for the first time. (And being able to visit my sister and her husband in nearby Tennessee too!) After that I spent some time looking over…
