Category: News

Boot Campaign Becomes Official Charity Partner Of Ole Smoky® Tennessee Moonshine

Multi-year partnership will benefit Boot Campaign and their commitment to the military    Gatlinburg, TN (June 3, 2015) – Ole Smoky® Tennessee Moonshine, the most widely distributed moonshine in the country, announces today their official partnership with nonprofit Boot Campaign, where together they will help raise awareness and funds for military families.  Boot Campaign is […]

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Barrell Bourbon Batch 004 Review

Name: Barrell Bourbon Batch 004 ABV: 58.4% Proof: 116.7 Nose: Corn, Molasses, Pepper, Cedar Palate: Sweet Corn, Tobacco, Molasses, Fresh Oranges, Cedar, Butter Finish: Moderate with orange, peach, and wood flavors Overall: This review is specifically for Barrell Bourbon batch number 004 bottle number 1535 pictured above and below. On the nose there is a light corn flavor with molasses, black pepper, and cedar. At […]

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Hand-Blown Smoked Whiskey Glasses

Gear: These Hand Blown Smoked Whiskey Glasses are each hand blown in a small studio in Seattle and each glass is truly one of a kind. They begin with raw materials and then the artist uses his own blend of various colorants to give the glasses a unique smoked finish, they are then fired in […]

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Mint Julep Tours selected by Google to represent Kentucky in economic impact report

Mint Julep Tours is proud to announce that they were selected by Google as the featured small business for the state of Kentucky in their 2014 Economic Impact Report.  The report details Google’s economic impact across the U.S. This list includes state-by-state numbers highlighting companies that use Google every day to grow their business, local […]

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Sugarlands Distilling Company Announces Whiskey Project

Sugarlands Distilling Company, crafters of award winning Sugarlands Shine, has launched a full-scale whiskey program at their distillery in downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Sugarlands is creating a series of experimental small-batch aged whiskeys, known as “The Whiskey Project”, employing traditional and modern distilling methods, varieties of barrels for aging, and distinctly unique mash bill recipes. Standard […]

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Luxco Introduces New Rebel Yell Bourbon Variants

Rebel Yell® Kentucky Straight Bourbon, refashioned for a new era and responding to consumer demand, is adding two new variants to the current family lineup with the launch of Rebel Yell Small Batch Rye and American Whiskey. At 90 proof, both new variants are available nationally in a corked 750ml bottle with screen-printed label graphics […]

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Leather Coleman Coolers

Gear: Coleman coolers have been around for a long time and chances are, like most, you have one laying around that could use an upgrade. The perfect way to do so would be to grab yourself a Coleman leather cooler. They are the same great coolers you’ve used for years but now are available with […]

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Venus Spirits Releases Wayward Whiskey Rye

Venus Spirits will launch a second style of Wayward Whiskey, a rye that has been aged for seven months in ten-gallon casks. Rye whiskey was once America’s favorite spirit, but nearly disappeared after prohibition. Wayward Whiskey revels in its resurrection, creating a rye that is defiant in both flavor and spirit. The 60% rye mash […]

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Forecastle Announces Full Bourbon Lodge Lineup

The Forecastle Festival, Louisville’s three-day music, art and environmental activism festival, is bringing back its Kentucky Bourbon Trail® outpost, The Bourbon Lodge, with a unique lineup of bourbon offerings, education, bourbon-inspired cuisine, and the return of the charitable partnership, Bourbon Cares. Wall Street Journal best-selling author Fred Minnick hailed Forecastle Festival as “bourbon’s most important festival for new consumers,” […]

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Buffalo Trace Distillery Releases French Oak Bourbons

When Buffalo Trace Distillery started its whiskey experiments more than three decades ago, one of the first releases was bourbon aged in French oak barrels.  That bourbon was aged ten years and released in 2006, quickly becoming a favorite of both the master distiller and bourbon connoisseurs. Ten years ago, Buffalo Trace embarked on another […]

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