A Kentucky Craft Distillery That Makes, Not Sources, Its Whiskey By Richard Thomas Bourbon whiskey is widely believed to have received its name from late 18th Century New Orleans. Back then, the Big Easy was arguably the most important port in North America, sitting as it did where the Mississippi River flowed the Gulf of Mexico. Farmers making whiskey on ...

By Randall H. Borkus A narrow late 19th Century building at 331 E. Market St in Louisville, Kentucky’s NuLu district hosts the appropriately named Haymarket Whiskey Bar. Part of that is how the bar is a stone’s throw from downtown’s historic Whiskey Row. The other part is the bar being within sight of the almost as historic Haymarket, an outdoor ...

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 ...

Where To Go For Fine Food And Finer Whiskey By Richard Thomas For even the most diehard and devoted whiskey enthusiast, actual whiskey travel is the exception rather than the rule. Whether it be due to competing interests, family or necessity, entire vacations spent in Speyside, Islay or the Kentucky Bourbon Trail are far from the norm for most whiskey ...