When Angel’s Envy got started as one of the earliest (and certainly the highest profile) examples of an independent bottler making finished whiskeys, founder Lincoln Henderson went with Port pipes for that round of secondary maturation. However, Sherry butts are in much more common usage for this role, and for several years observers have wondered if the company would ever ...

Buffalo Trace Distillery is releasing its latest round in its experimental whiskey collection, two bourbons aged for more than nine years in barrels made from oak staves seasoned for three and four years. The bourbons, filled with Buffalo Trace’s mash recipe #1, were put away to age on October 27, 2009 in new barrels with staves that were seasoned for ...

Heaven Hill Distillery has announced Conor O’Driscoll as the fifth Master Distiller in its 84-year history. In 2004, O’Driscoll started his journey in whiskey as Operations Manager for the Brown-Forman Distillery in Shively. After five years, O’Driscoll moved to oversee operations at the Woodford Reserve Distillery. Shortly thereafter, he added warehousing and processing responsibilities beginning a robust warehouse expansion program. In ...

Having long been buried and forgotten, one of Col. E.H. Taylor, Jr.’s original fermenters is getting a new lease on life. For the first time in 100 years, the fermenter, which dates back to 1883, has been recommissioned and once again filled with Old Fashioned Sour Mash. Buffalo Trace Distillery made a historic discovery in 2016 when it uncovered Col. ...

After years of restoration work, Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery will have an opening celebration on Thursday, January 31st, 2019. Public tours are scheduled to begin on February 2nd and can be booked at the Michter’s website. Directly across the street from the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and adjacent to the Kentucky Science Center, Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery is the ...