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
‘Little Book’ Writing Big Chapter In Freddie Noe’s Jim Beam Career Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / September 3, 2019 For Jim Beam, the nickname Little Book is marketing gold. Coming from a grand sire as well-known as Booker, such a sobriquet is destined to become a brand. In this case, a brand of mingled whiskeys created by his grandson. Continue reading > Share
Kentucky Whiskey Bar To Feature ‘At Least 1,200-Item’ Whiskey List Lifestyle Whiskey Bars By Steve Coomes / August 1, 2019 A small western Kentucky city is set to have a whiskey bar open this fall that will have on its shelves 1,200 to 1,600 unique American whiskey labels ranging from unicorns to dusties to modern rarities and value pours. Continue reading > Share
Be Kind To The Whiskey Tater, Not A Tater Hater Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / July 1, 2019 Two words used often in whiskey social media are “hater” and “tater.” What am I talking about? Continue reading > Share
