by Don Williams | Jul 10, 2019 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Personalities, Distilleries
Meeting Freddie Johnson at Buffalo Trace Distillery On my most recent visit to the historic Buffalo Trace Distillery, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend some time with a historian, promoter, and member of the Bourbon Hall of Fame Freddie Johnson. His statement...
by Don Williams | Jun 27, 2019 | Bourbon Personalities, Bourbon Tasting, Bourbon Travel, Distilleries
Glenns Creek Distilling: a unique bourbon experience in many ways When you drive up to the distillery, you are immediately impressed by the vast footprint of the Old Crow Distillery that stands behind the distilling building used by Glenns Creek. The sign outside told...
by Don Williams | Mar 13, 2019 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Personalities, Bourbon Trivia
In 1909, President William Howard Taft defines whiskey as we know it today. This decision is one of the important milestones that changed the industry. The Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 was arguably the first law protecting the consumer from imitation whiskey...
by Don Williams | Feb 14, 2019 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Personalities
A variety of stills on display at the Frazier Museum in Louisville, Kentucky George Washington In today’s political climate it is hard to fathom the thought of whiskey and presidents being in the news in either a positive or negative way. However, two United...
by Don Williams | Sep 27, 2018 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Personalities, Bourbon Travel, Distilleries, Kentucky Bourbon Trail
I have been to the Wild Turkey distillery multiple times but only once did I meet Jimmy Russell “The Master Distiller’s Master Distiller.” Spending time with Bourbon Hall of Fame and Whiskey Hall of Fame member Jimmy Russell is being among bourbon royalty. For...
by Don Williams | Jul 31, 2018 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Personalities, Distilleries
Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame member Margie Mattingly Samuels In 2014, Margie Samuels became the first woman connected to a distillery elected to the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame. Many reading this may not easily recognize her name, but she had a tremendous...
