Author name: Chris Brantley

Yes, Bourbon is so much more than good drinkin’. It is also boosting Kentucky’s Bourbon industry to new heights. In the last two years, Bourbon has added $1 billion in revenues and 2,000 distillery-related jobs into Kentucky. Each year, the only native American spirit generates $8.5 billion for the state’s economy. But that’s not all, […]

“You can make bourbon anywhere but, if you want to sell it, you better damn well make it in Kentucky.” ~ Parker Beam, Heaven Hill Master Distiller Emeritus, 1941-2017 You — like me — probably got introduced to the name Beam and Bourbon in high school or college with Jim Beam’s Standard White Label. That’s

First it was a hundred, now it’s $75. But I still bought me a bottle of Booker’s for $50 last week — just in case. Anyway, kind of reminds me of Maker’s. They were going to dumb down the proof a bit, but public outcry kept it at 90 and that’s a good thing. Bourbon