Tag Archives: Bourbon

Chattanooga Chugs On To Batch 009 And 010

Chattanooga Whiskey is poised to release their latest pair of batches in their Experimental Series: Batch 009 & 010, a Tennessee Double Malt bourbon a Tennessee Double Barrel bourbon. ​ Batch 009 was made with a mash consisting of over 55% malted grains, including malted barley, rye, and wheat. This was made possible through the inclusion of a special, rare ...

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Whiskey Summit Held In Louisville As Trade War Fears Mount

By Richard Thomas Last week saw a landmark meeting as the executives from the world’s whisk(e)y trade organizations gathered in a show of unity, calling for the removal of tariffs between longtime trading partners on spirits exports. Hosted by the Kentucky Distillers Association (KDA), the “W9 Spirit of Collaboration Summit” was held in Louisville on Thursday, July 26th. It brought ...

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Smooth Ambler Contradiction Taking A Double Cut, In Price And Proof

Contradiction Bourbon, which Smooth Ambler Spirits introduced in 2015, is a blend of bourbon they source and bourbon they make at their distillery in West Virginia. Always intended to be a marriage of the homemade and the merchant-bottled, the ages of each whiskey comprising Contradiction have increased since the first release. Now Smooth Ambler, with greater amounts of more mature ...

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Kentucky Bourbon Festival Has New Bardstown Digs

The Kentucky Bourbon Festival now has the ability and space to host more events for tourists, distilleries and the community year-round with its newly relocated headquarters in the penthouse at Spalding Hall. The move to 114 N. Fifth Street, still within Bardstown, took place in December 2017 and since then, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival office has rolled out the welcome ...

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Booker’s “Backyard BBQ” Bourbon Review (02-2018)

Booker's Backyard BBQ

By Debbie Shocair Rating: B+ “Fred, Make sure they don’t mess with my Booker’s.” That was Booker Noe’s one request of his son, Fred, who would take over after his father, a sixth-generation master distiller, retired. Since taking over as the now seventh generation of master distillers at Jim Beam, Fred has faithfully released a few special batches of Booker’s ...

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