The fourth installment of Luxco’s Blood Oath bourbon series – Pact No. 4 – has launched this month. Blood Oath combines rare, top-notch bourbons, blended and bottled by hand for a distinctively exclusive and unimagined Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. Pact No. 4 continues the tradition with a masterful union of three well-bred Kentucky straight bourbons that come together for a ...

Dr. Pearse Lyons passed away today, aged 73, due to an acute lung condition that developed during his recovery from heart surgery. Lyons was the founder and president of Alltech, which in turn is the parent company of Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. (Town Branch Bourbon) in Kentucky and the Pearse Lyons Distillery in Dublin, Ireland. “The thoughts of our ...

Beam Suntory has announced the release of Booker’s Batch 2018-01, also called “Kathleen’s Batch.” This release is named in tribute to Kathleen DiBenedetto who, together with founding distiller Booker Noe, helped launch the landmark Jim Beam Small Batch Bourbon Collection in the early 1990s. Back in those days, “premium, small batch bourbon” meant just Maker’s Mark and Elijah Craig 12 ...

By Richard Thomas The Kentucky Bourbon Classic came and went last week, opening another year of major festivals in the Commonwealth. Whiskey tourism is now, to some extent, a thing in all 50 states, but Kentucky remains in a league of its own when it comes to “fantasy camp” experiences. While some craft distilleries around the country offer the kind ...

Rebel Yell Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey has released its 2018 allocation of the award-winning Rebel Yell Single Barrel. At 100 proof, the original time-honored Rebel Yell recipe is meticulously aged in charred oak barrels for 10 years, building a unique flavor profile specific to each batch. “Aging the bourbon for 10 years really brings out the sweetness, oakiness, and caramel ...