62: Barley & Blarney – St. Patrick’s Day Read Post »
Is there more to Irish Whiskey than a shot of Jameson on St. Patrick’s Day? We have a lineup of several different Irish Whiskies and found ourselves in uncharted territory as bourbon fans. Thank you to the contributors who helped make this episode possible. Irish Whiskey Glass Ltd. coordinated with Distillery Products to provide us […]
61: Peggy Noe Stevens Read Post »
In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we sat down with a very influential woman in the Kentucky Bourbon world. Peggy Noe Stevens has played a huge role in crafting Kentucky’s bourbon-ism culture and creating bourbon-centric experiences for many thousands of guests in her career. Even if you didn’t know her name
60: How It’s Made: Kentucky Straight Ice – The Official Ice of Bourbon™ Read Post »
What is it like trying to make a name for yourself in the Kentucky Bourbon industry? Learn about running a small, family-owned business, risk tasking, and networking in Kentucky. We sat down with Rich Finck, Owner and Founder of Kentucky Straight Ice, “The Official Ice of Bourbon”. Whether you add water, ice, bitters, or coke
Kentucky Owl: Confiscated Review Read Post »
Background….. Kentucky Owl produces three products: Batched Blended Bourbons, Batched blended Ryes, and a play on its past Confiscated. We recently sat down with Dixon Dedman to talk about how this product line came to fruition. This patch of products was to play on the history of his Great Great Grandfathers Distillery and how all
Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon Goes for Gold in US Market Read Post »
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Buffalo Trace Distillery Announces Blanton’s Gold will be Available in the U.S. FRANKFORT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, KY (Feb 27, 2020) Fans of Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon have long asked for the Gold Edition to be available in the United States. This summer those bourbon lovers will get their wish. Available as a limited release in
59: Kentucky Owl and Dixon Dedman Read Post »
On this week’s episode, The Bourbon Lens travels to the historic Beaumont Inn in Harrodsburg, KY to sit down with Kentucky Owl Co-founder, Dixon Dedman. Dixon resurrected his great-great grandfather, Charles Mortimer Dedman’s whiskey brand that had fallen victim to prohibition in the early 1900’s. The Kentucky Owl name laid dormant until Dixon had the
