Updated September 7, 2017 By Randall H. Borkus Taconic Distillery (formerly known as Millbrook Distillery) is found in the rolling hills of Dutchess County in the Hudson Valley in New York. That word “taconic” was transliterated as the Taghkanic or Taughannock, meaning “in the trees,” and used as the name of a Lenape chieftain. The founders of Taconic Distillery, Gerald Valenti and Paul “PJ” ...

With less than a month until the inaugural Bourbon & Beyond Festival, Danny Wimmer Presents is excited to announce the official schedule of music performances, experiences and additional events, workshops, tastings and partners that has been added to the exceptional line up that is making this festival unlike any other. Taking place for the first time on Saturday, September 23 and Sunday, September 24 in Louisville, Kentucky, Bourbon & Beyond is ...

By Richard Thomas Late last month, our Cooking With Whiskey beat brought a feature on the virtues of using bourbon as an ingredient for cooking out on the 4th of July, along with some suggestions on how to do it from our inventory of recipe plus a pair of well-known barbecue chefs. There is still plenty of summer left, though, ...

By Richard Thomas This year the Fourth of July weekend is four days long, and while the fireworks wait until Tuesday, the cook-outs start on Saturday afternoon and run from there. That makes this long holiday weekend the perfect time to give cooking with whiskey a spin, because few things go together better that bourbon and barbecue. Chefs Mike Johnson ...

Louisville has been positioning itself as Bourbon Central in recent years, with a handful of events such as the annual Bourbon Affair and Whisky Live being held in the Derby City. Now the inaugural Bourbon & Beyond is coming to Louisville on September 23 to 24, and, in addition to the bourbon and music, it includes high profile food service ...