What’s that under the tree? A bottle of Rebel Butter Pecan Bourbon Cream?A Lux Row Copper-Plated Shaker Set?Or entry into bourbon’s most exclusive members’club? Whether you’re stocking up on bottles, barware or experiences this season, the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year for bourbon lovers.(more…)
Say the word “Kentucky” and the next word automatically falls into place: bourbon. It’s just one of those natural pairings.
Nearly all bourbon is made there: 95 percent, according to the Kentucky Distillers Association. The connection between the state and the spirit is undeniable.
What is it about the Bluegrass State that makes it the bourbon capital of the world? There are five reasons:
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Think you know everything there is to know about bourbon? We bet you’ll learn at least one new fact from reading this list.
If nothing on here surprises you, then kudos! You’ve earned a drink. (more…)
Holidays are made for bourbon, and there’s no one who knows that better than the team at Lux Row Distillers.
Nearly two years after the distillery opened in Bardstown, Kentucky, the staff has formed a kind of bourbon family. Working together to make the finest bourbon in the land generates a certain camaraderie.
Here are a few favorite holiday traditions from the Lux Row team.
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One of the hottest beverages of 2019 — besides bourbon, of course — is hard seltzer. The spiked carbonated drink is so popular that bars have been running out of it.
Effervescent and mildly fruity, hard seltzers make for an invigorating alternative to the furrowed-brow realm of craft cocktails. They’re just missing one thing: bourbon.
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When you’re talking about bourbon, you can make a list of what matters — barrels, fermentation, mash bill, water. But there’s one more important thing that has to be on the list: corn.
Without corn, bourbon cannot exist.
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