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In the latest cancellation, or "pivot," the Kentucky Bourbon Festival is moving online. 2020 has no shame in stealing our hopes and dreams. BARDSTOWN, KY (August 7, 2020) – Out of an abundance of concern for the health and safety of distilleries, attendees and the Bardstown community amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival…
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Brad Boswell, fourth generation CEO of Independent Stave Company, announced today that the Boswell family is donating one million dollars to the University of Kentucky. The donation will be used to build a 600 barrel rickhouse on campus to compliment the Fred B. Noe Craft Distillery. Both projects are part of the James B. Beam…
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The award-winning “Straight Up: Kentucky Bourbon” documentary is now available for your viewing pleasure in your very own bunker, whiskey den, bourbon cave, man hole or she shed.
Freddie is pure magic and, if your haven’t toured Buffalo Trace with him, you simply haven’t lived your best life.
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The Kentucky Distillers’ Association has inducted five more industry pioneers into its Bourbon Hall of Fame and honored Heaven Hill’s Parker Beam with its first Lifetime Achievement Award Source: Bourbon industry honours Parker Beam
If you've ever met a Kentuckian, you've probably heard their favorite statistic more than once, that 95% of the world's bourbon is made in Kentucky. They'll usually go on to add that they don't know who makes the rest of it, but that they don't drink it. This tidbit coupled with a mention of Kentucky…
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