Bourbons Bistro had everything ready to go for its 15th anniversary dinner in April…of 2020. Of course, the Covid-19 pandemic forced the Louisville landmark to… Read More
rickhouse
Kentucky Bourbon Distillers Set New Records in 2019
By Mark Gillespie October 31, 2020 – Imagine having to count nearly ten million barrels of whiskey and other spirits by hand. You’d run out… Read More
Jim Beam’s Fred Noe: Stuck at Home and Planning a Farewell Tour (Episode 825: June 28, 2020)
Fred Noe became Jim Beam’s seventh master distiller in 2007 when his father, the legendary Booker Noe, retired. 13 years later, he’s getting closer to… Read More
$1 Million Donation to Build Whiskey “Dormitory” at University of Kentucky
February 29, 2020 – The University of Kentucky’s main campus in Lexington will be getting a new 600-bed “dormitory,” of sorts. It’ll house undergraduate whisky… Read More
Ice(land) and Whisky Go Together: Episode 808: March 1, 2020
If you just needed a whisky-related reason to visit Iceland, we have one for you on this week’s episode. Eimverk Distillery grew out of the… Read More
Maker’s Mark: Bucking Trends for 60 Years (Episode 776: July 14, 2019)
60 years ago, Bill and Marge Samuels dipped the first bottles of Maker’s Mark Bourbon in Loretto, Kentucky. They left the “e” out of “whisky”… Read More
Jim Beam Warehouse Fire Leaves Behind Environmental Impact
July 8, 2019 – Investigators are now looking through the rubble of a rickhouse at Beam Suntory’s Old Crow warehousing site near Versailles, Kentucky to… Read More
Whiskey’s High Wire Act (Episode 775: July 7, 2019)
The husband and wife team of Scott Blackwell and Ann Marshall opened High Wire Distilling six years ago in Charleston, South Carolina to make whiskey,… Read More
Jim Beam Bourbon Warehouse Still Burning in Kentucky
July 5, 2019 – The fire that destroyed a Jim Beam Bourbon maturation warehouse is still burning, nearly three days after it started late Tuesday… Read More
New Distillery, Familiar Faces (Episode 773: June 23, 2019)
If you’re starting a new distillery from scratch, it helps to find some veteran whisky makers to join you on the journey. That’s just what… Read More
Cleanup Work to Begin After Bourbon Warehouse Collapse
June 18, 2019 – When the phone rings at a distillery manager’s house in the early morning hours, rarely is it someone calling with good… Read More
O.Z. Tyler Distillery Rickhouse Suffers Partial Collapse
June 17, 2019 – Cleanup work is underway as investigators begin to search for the cause of an overnight rickhouse collapse at the O.Z. Tyler… Read More