The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced that it has canceled its annual Kentucky Bourbon Affair fantasy camp in 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. “While we are encouraged with vaccinations and declining cases, it would be difficult to hold such intimate, elegant events that attract people from all over the world,” KDA President Eric Gregory said. “It would not ...

Jameson Distillery Bow St. has been named the World’s Leading Distillery Tour at the World Travel Awards (WTA) for the third year in a row. The awards acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence in global travel and tourism and the win further strengthens Bow St.’s position as a leader in tourism, globally. The 27th World Travel Awards Grand Final Ceremony took ...

Calling On The Preservationist Of Old Dominion Bourbon By Douglas Fraser Located in Fredericksburg, Virginia is an institution that carries on a pre-Prohibition tradition. It’s a survivor of the whiskey bust of the 1970s, one of just two whiskey-making distilleries outside Kentucky and Tennessee that made it into the modern era. That distillery is A. Smith Bowman, which stood for ...

By Douglas Fraser Every weekend I hear music, dancing, socializing, and an overall laid back atmosphere emanating from the local distillery, Falls Church Distillers, next to where I live. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the distillery turned itself into our local vender for hand sanitizer. One day on my run around the neighborhood, I decided to stop to get some sanitizer ...

Buffalo Trace will welcome guests back to the National Historic Landmark Distillery on July 1 with a distinct focus on offering visitors the safest possible environment for their bourbon encounter. Visitors can expect to experience the same rich history and to see the oldest continually operating Distillery in action, but with new measures in accordance with CDC guidelines and government ...