By Richard Thomas As the Bourbon Boom has driven a parallel rise in bourbon tourism, the city of Louisville has begun to put some substance into its claim as the world’s bourbon capital. Many bourbon tourists enter Kentucky by either driving or flying to the Derby City, so it was only logical that the city itself would evolve from a ...

Buffalo Trace Distillery welcomed its one millionth cumulative visitor Wednesday. The Distillery has been keeping track of visitation since it first opened for tours in 1999, and recently began actively counting down the visitors in anticipation of reaching the one millionth milestone. Some careful calculations led the team to narrow down which week they would likely host the one millionth ...

By Randall H. Borkus I found myself on business in “Space City,” Houston, Texas, with one day for work plus a day off to follow, so I naturally devoted some time to exploring the whiskey bar options. What I found is Houston has numerous whiskey bar options, but the saloon that caught my eye was Julep, partly because it was ...

By Randall H. Borkus As a tax lawyer/entrepreneur, I travel around the US a lot on business, and that recently took me to the mile-high city of Denver. With all my meetings completed for the day, I found myself in need of a serious pour of good whiskey, which is why I sought out Whiskey Bar. Not “The Whiskey Bar,” but ...

Castle & Key Poised To Go Operational, But Plenty Of Work Remains By Richard Thomas My first acquaintance with the crenellated grace of the Old Taylor Distillery came in my late teens. Although I had a license and a car, I continued to enjoy the pleasures of my bike, and went for long rides on rural roads. One of these ...