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Several whisky makers have created cocktails for the presidential candidates and their backers.
Easy Times Kentucky Whisky, which calls itself the “Workin’ Man’s Reward,” is honoring Joe the Plumber, the workin’ man who has come to symbolize this election.
Joe’s drink is called Everyman’s Plumb.
Pour 3 ounces of red plum juice over ice cubes in a glass, [...]

You would think the bourbon industry would want to forget all about Prohibition, the years between 1920 and 1933 when all-but-medicinal alcohol beverages were illegal and most distilleries closed or switched products.
You would be wrong.
To mark the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, Old Forester Distillery in Louisville is issuing Old Forester Repeal Bourbon [...]

Time currently has a very entertaining feature on its Time.com Web site called “50 Authentic American Experiences.”
Just don’t look too carefully at the picture with the Kentucky item if you have blood pressure problems.
It’s like “sticking a red-clad Louisville Cardinal in the UK Basketball team picture,” says reader John E. Campbell of Lexington.
The item is [...]

Thanks to his friend Bill Ambrose, Barry McNees is now the proud owner of a fifth of 100 proof James E. Pepper Bourbon that came out of the barrel in 1945.
A 63-year-old bourbon calls for a very special occasion and McNees, who is developing the $190 million Distillery District arts and entertainment area in Lexington, [...]

Remember the Mark Twain novel Tom Sawyer?
Remember how Tom got a fence whitewashed by making his friends think whitewashing was fun and they had to try it?
The folks at Maker’s Mark have read the book.
On Sept. 6-7, the bourbon distiller is hosting the first Maker’s Mark On the Rocks! workshop to teach “the ancient craft [...]

It’s a tradition at the U.S. Embassy in Paris to hold a huge garden party on July 4th to celebrate our independence and the French role in defeating the British.
About 2,400 people attended this year and many of them may have noticed that the party had a distinctly Bluegrass flavor.
The explanation begins last spring when [...]

Mike Nalepa, editor of the first edition of “Fodor’s Essential USA” travel guide, was on CNN’s Your Money on Sunday to discuss less expensive road trips as substitutes for traditional vacations this year.
“You recommend Kentucky bluegrass country,” the program’s host, Ali Velshi, said to Nalepa.
“Kentucky is an overlooked — it’s flyover country for most people, [...]

Mike Nalepa, editor of the first edition of “Fodor’s Essential USA” travel guide, was on CNN’s Your Money on Sunday to discuss less expensive road trips as substitutes for traditional vacations this year.
“You recommend Kentucky bluegrass country,” the program’s host, Ali Velshi, said to Nalepa.
“Kentucky is an overlooked — it’s flyover country for most people, [...]