I Totally Take Back Any Mean Things I May Have Said About the British
I'm not confirming that I ever said anything mean about the British but if I did I take it back. Apparently the British love bourbon country and we love them back.
I think everyone should be making plans to be here on December 5 so we can celebrate the anniversary of the end of Prohibition in a major way.Whether you fancy it straight up, on the rocks, with water, in a whiskey sour, a Manhattan, an Old Fashioned or in the traditional drink of the Kentucky Derby - the Mint Julep - Kentucky bourbon is the drink of gentlemen (and women).
A new bourbon trail tasting coach tour from Louisville has just been launched, covering seven historic distilleries nestled in the rolling Kentucky hills over two days.
This is a far cry from the hey day of whiskey distilling in the 19th-century Kentucky corn belt, when it is estimated there were at least 2,000 distillers operating.
Born out the glut of corn production in the frontier settlements and the British blockade during the war of independence, nearly every farm had a whiskey distillery.
This December 5th Kentucky marks the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, with events planned to examine how this period of history impacted production of the finest "American spirit".
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