Opinion: Whiskey Knowledge Comes From Personal Experience, Not Reviews Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / November 2, 2020 If you want to think, drink and talk like a whiskey like a pro, take this tip: Rely less on subjective reviews and more on personal experience for your education. Continue reading > Share
“Virtual” Kentucky Bourbon Festival For 2020 Kicks Off Oct. 15 Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / October 14, 2020 Thanks to the COVID-19 crisis, this year’s 29th edition of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival has morphed into a four-day virtual affair celebrated on the Internet from Oct. 15-18. Continue reading > Share
Opinion: Trends Be Damned, Drinking Is More Fun In Public Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / October 9, 2020 In this opinion column our writer longs for the days of enjoying drinking in bars, noting that “for me, booze will always be best when consumed in a social setting. Trends be damned, I’m ready to get back on-premise drinking.” Continue reading > Share
Angel’s Envy Bourbon Is ‘Turnin’ Japanese’ With Mizunara Barrel Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / September 2, 2020 We head over to Angel’s Envy for an on-site tasting of Angel’s Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished In Japanese Mizunara Oak Casks with Kyle Henderson, distillery production manager. Continue reading > Share
Opinion: Closing, Opening Bars And Restaurants Hastens Their Avoidable Deaths Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / August 4, 2020 The chaotic and crazy cycle of opening and closing bars and restaurants related to pandemic spikes needs to be more carefully considered as we progress through this period of history. Continue reading > Share
Bourbon Can Spur Conversations On Race, African American Studies Professor Says Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / July 6, 2020 Erin Wiggins Gilliam, a professor of African American studies at Kentucky State University, believes that bourbon could be a tool to help ease America’s ongoing racial tensions. Continue reading > Share
Opinion: Can Craft Distillers Survive The COVID Lockdown? American Bourbon By Steve Coomes / June 2, 2020 If running a craft distillery wasn’t flat-out-friggin’ hard enough, the economic shutdown in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has made it much worse. Continue reading > Share
Opinion: Alcohol Has Shifted From Sin To Essential To ‘Essintial’ Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / April 29, 2020 So why, after enduring Prohibition, is beverage alcohol so essential to our nation’s well-being amid a catastrophic health crisis of all things? Continue reading > Share
Opinion: Coronavirus Tests Resolve Of Kentucky Bourbon Way Of Life American Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / March 19, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic is causing chaos to the Kentucky bourbon way of life as distilleries shutter visitor centers and bars and restaurants shut down. Continue reading > Share
Opinion: When Nice Bourbon Guys Finish First Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / February 25, 2020 When news spread that Four Roses’ Brent Elliott was awarded Master Distiller/Blender of the year at the 2020 Icons of Whisky America ceremony on Feb. 11, the industry shared a collective smile. Continue reading > Share
Opinion: ‘Rapid-Aged’ Whiskey Is A Hard ‘No’ For Me American Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / January 29, 2020 A falsehood embraced by some distillers is the peculiar idea that they can “rapid age” their whiskey using small barrels, oak chunks and/or chips suspended in the maturate, and other secret mechanical processes. Continue reading > Share
Kentucky Is An Unrivaled Place To Experience Bourbon Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / October 9, 2019 If you haven’t been to Kentucky for a serious bourbon culture immersion, here’s what you’re missing. Continue reading > Share
