Until the late 1880s, cocktails were sipped through a hollow stalk of ryegrass, often leaving an unpleasant residue as it deteriorated. One fateful day, however,… Read More »Bourbon is responsible for drinking straws.
Lady Randolph Churchill, the American-born mother to former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, is credited as having invented the Manhattan cocktail, a mix of bourbon or… Read More »Winston Churchill’s mother
In the first year of aging, around eight (8) percent of the bourbon in a barrel is either absorbed by the barrel (Devils Cut) or… Read More »One-third of bourbon just…disappears.
The uniquely American spirit made exclusively in the United States, but enjoyed around the world. U.S. Federal Regulations require bourbon whiskey to be made from… Read More »Bourbon by definition
During World War II, many Kentucky distilleries were altered to produce penicillin. Penicillin, like bourbon, is produced through fermentation, so distillers helped produce the antibiotic… Read More »Penicillin
By law, bourbon barrels can only be used once. In accordance with federal regulations, all bourbon whiskey has to be aged in brand-new, charred oak… Read More »bourbon barrels
The CERTIFIED BOURBON STEWARD (CBS) TRAINING PROGRAM is the FIRST Bourbon Education & Certification program to be RECOGNIZED by the Kentucky Distillers Association and the… Read More »Bourbon Training?
There is a very specific set of standards to which all bourbon makers must adhere. The Federal Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits state that bourbon… Read More »The Recipe It’s not an accident that bourbon tastes so good. It’s just the rules.
Scotch, Tennessee, and bourbon are all brown spirits but every brown spirit isn’t a bourbon or a Scotch. Here is the difference between bourbon and… Read More »What is the difference between Bourbon and other “brown spirits”?
In 1783, Evan Williams opened first commercial distillery on the banks of the Ohio River in Louisville, it was the first commercial distillery in Kentucky.… Read More »The 1700’s time line of Bourbon
