Did you know we are currently in the middle of National Bourbon Heritage Month? It is a big deal down in Kentucky, obviously, and its birth as an observance period in the U.S. was crafted by a Kentucky senator back in August 2007. The upcoming Kentucky Bourbon Festival celebrates this, and if you can’t make it this year, at least raise a glass of your favorite bourbon in toast of “America’s Native Spirit.”
- Ever wonder what a $40,000+ bottle of rare whisky tastes like? Now you know.
- Not impressed with the $40,000+ offering? How about one that rings in at $200,000?
- Scotch and chocolate apparently go together oh so well.
- If you hadn’t heard already, Scotland is voting on independence next week. A lot of Scotch makers aren’t thrilled about it though.
- Not all think Scottish independence as relates to whisky is a bad thing. The North Koreans, for example, are one.
- Is whiskey for collecting or drinking? Depends upon whom you ask.
- Japanese whisky is getting its moment in the sun as more drinkers discover the secrets of this island nation’s spirits.
- Meanwhile, in the U.S., you can enjoy fine whiskies while exploring Virginia’s wine country, New York’s Finger Lakes region and parts of Arizona.
- Angel’s Envy bourbon, a personal favorite of this author, is getting down to setting up shop in Kentucky with new warehouses and an urban distillery.
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