Master distillers take star turn in bourbon world

Jimmy Russell and Fred Noe aren't household names, but they're stars when it comes to fine sippin' spirits made in bourbon country.

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Jim Beam is bringing flavor to bourbon

Bourbon drinkers have been mixing Jim Beam for years. Now, the maker of the world's top-selling bourbon is too.

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Bourbon spills to protest Ky. tax hike on booze

It wasn't quite the Boston Tea Party. The proof was a little higher. Kentucky bourbon industry officials stood shoulder-to-shoulder Tuesday and poured spirits on the state Capitol's front steps to protest a proposed 6-percent sales tax on all booze.

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Bourbon producers see amber-colored future

To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity.

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It's bourbon season. I know this because we've drunk the last bottle of dry rosé, and because wild turkeys are lurking around the neighborhood again.

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Fans of Knob Creek bourbon may find their favorite whiskey in short supply this summer as the brand's bottle warehouses near Clermont, Ky., are empty and the next batch of aged whiskey won't be ready until November.

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Go light on the Knob Creek bourbon

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There are no geographic restrictions governing where this popular spirit can be made, but Kentucky is the source of all but a drop in the annual bucket. Gourmet's James Rodewald examines the secrets behind this quintessentially American spirit.

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Nine crew members of a French ship taken hostage at the weekend off the coast of Nigeria have been freed. The ship's owner - Bourbon - did not say how it had secured the release of the vessel.

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Autumn isn't only a time for the changing of leaves and for breaking out the cool-weather clothes.

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The Demon and The Bourbon

I recently secured regular work at a sub-shop. I say regular work because I had a job before but it wasn't steady. Beyond having an erratic work schedule, working in a bar isn't for everyone, especially a blossoming alcoholic like myself.

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PHILADELPHIA—In a medical breakthrough that should come as welcome news for millions of at-risk Americans, University of Pennsylvania cardiologists announced Tuesday that taking one aspirin tablet and a fifth of bourbon daily can "significantly reduce" an individual's awareness …

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Thanks to express mail (and one grocery store run), I was able to taste-drive, with help from a dozen friends happy to lend their pie holes, 52 exceptional pies.

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The annual Christmas booze advisory

Here it is again the christmas season, where we spend time with our families, eat too much, swap meaningless trinkets and get drunk out of our minds.

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Why Can't I Find any easy Homemade Wine Recipes?

Well here goes another useless topic I can write about since I have got a case of insomnia.....again. I recently "sampled" a friends batch of homade wine and found it quite tasty, now I have got a new thing I want to try, can you guess?..........wine making!

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If you love whiskey but haven't thought of bourbon as being in the same league as a good Scotch, Irish and even, these days, rye, you owe it to yourself to give it another try.

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The dry gin martini is often heralded as the king of cocktails, but it's the Manhattan that's the true sovereign of the V-shaped glass.

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Fear and Loathing in Inishowen

I was somewhere on the edge of Clonmany when the thirst began to take hold... that familiar dry pang in the mouth, begging me to open the case and swig the demon drink.

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Recipe: Clifside Cottage Bourbon Sours

"The Best Bourbon Sours Outside of New Orleans" Required Ingredients (not counting love):

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Mint Juleps, Anyone? Some Recipes for your Derby Party!~

Mint Juleps: Press the tender sprigs of fresh mint leaves against the inside of the glass with the back of a spoon. Remove the leaves. Dissolve 1 tsp powdered sugar with 2 tsps of water.

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Outside of Kentucky, Derby Day reminds me a little bit of St. Patrick's Day in the U.S. It's when people who aren't from a place pretend like they are.

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And Down The Stretch They Come!!!

Hurrah! Spring is here and it's the first Saturday in May and that means only one thing the run for the Roses is upon us and the beginning of this year's Triple Crown. I love everything about the Triple Crown and like to make each race at home a little event of its own.

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Small-batch bourbons have become big news. Here's the latest on the turnaround of an American spirit. I hold in my hands a relic of a golden age, granted to me by the gods of eBay. It's not much, a flimsy little pamphlet with a red paper cover.

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Pity the poor Manhattan. For decades, this simple mixture of whiskey (often rye or bourbon), vermouth, and bitters played second fiddle to the Martini.

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Spirits and Beer

I think this is a pretty cool idea following the trend of whiskey-barrel aged beers:

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Nice video of Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Prince William and Prince Harry on holiday in Majorca with members of the Spanish and Greek royal families (subscription).

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