2021
January 22, 2021
Aging is an essential part of the process of making bourbon. In fact, it's one of the official, legal requirements, along with the fact that it must be made from at least 51 percent corn and be aged in charred oak barrels.
(more…)
November 19, 2020
Here at Lux Row, we’re all legal and above board. But during Prohibition, folks had to take matters into their own hands, usually deep in the woods. The Great Experiment lasted from 1920 to 1933 and gave rise to its own folklore and music.
(more…)
November 19, 2020
When that holiday sweet tooth starts acting up, we’ve got the perfect solution: Bourbon balls. There’s only one problem — at last count, there were approximately one trillion different recipes for bourbon balls, so how to choose just one?
(more…)
November 19, 2020
An essential stop on the Bardstown/Kentucky Bourbon Trail is right at the traffic circle in the center of town, at 107 W. Stephen Foster Avenue: The Old Talbott Tavern, still open for business just as it has been since day one, when it operated as a stagecoach stop. And since day one was back in 1779, the Tavern has been called the oldest western stagecoach stop in the U.S. Unsurprisingly, it’s on the National Register of Historic Places.
(more…)
January 22, 2021
Aging is an essential part of the process of making bourbon. In fact, it's one of the official, legal requirements, along with the fact that it must be made from at least 51 percent corn and be aged in charred oak barrels.
(more…)