A Chat With Wyoming Whiskey’s CEO By Kurt Maitland Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of meeting David DeFazio of Wyoming Whiskey. Wyoming is a state where having a “new” distillery is still a novelty, unlike other Western states like Utah or Colorado. “New” is in quotes because they’ve actually  been at it for over a decade. As for ...

Luxco, who opened their distillery in Bardstown earlier this year, is about to introduce Old Ezra Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Aged a full seven years, this bourbon is bottled at barrel strength of 117 proof. The Suggested Retail Price for the 750ml bottle of this product is $39.99 and it will be available nationwide this fall.

The third batch of Booker’s Bourbon for 2018 is named for the “Kentucky Chew,” or the way folks taste bourbon by moving it around in their mouths. According to the Beam marketing it was Booker Noe who invented this practice; whether that is true or not is open to debate, but given what they say about Booker Noe, he undoubtedly ...

In 2002 Buffalo Trace Distillery received a rare gem when Freddie Johnson joined the team as a tour guide. Freddie was in the middle of a successful career as a network/operations engineer in Atlanta, GA when he put all of it aside to fulfill a promise made to his father, Jimmy, more than 20 years earlier. He had promised his ...

Limestone Branch Distillery introduces the 2018 variety of Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon, the third and final barrel finishing experiment by Limestone Branch Distillery, set to hit the market in October. This year’s final limited edition combines hand-selected, Kentucky Straight bourbons, ranging from four to 12 years in aging and finished in No. 3 char wine casks. Same as ...