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Looking for a stocking-stuffer?
State government might have just what you need.
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Do your holiday shopping with the state.
The Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet’s Division of Historic Properties has released its 2008 Kentucky State Capitol ornament, the sixth in a limited-edition series.
“This year’s ornament features the west lunette, depicting the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals,” the announcement [...]

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 [...]

Ever heard of re-wear?
Re-wear occurs, says Procter & Gamble, when someone pulls clothing out of the hamper or off the floor and wears the item for a second time without washing it.
Apparently the high school and college age groups are big practitioners of re-wear so P&G has come up with a line of products, called [...]

WARNING: The following item contains references to poop, manure, fecal matter, crap, turds and neckties. Those with weak dispositions should skip to the next item.
Pat Kelly was scooping along in a customer’s back yard in his role as Lexington’s Pet Butler franchisee.
He was thinking about the upcoming Pet Butler annual convention and what new product [...]

It turns out that selling whiskey is trickier than you might think.
At the opening ceremony for Alltech’s malt whiskey distillery on Thursday, Alltech President Pearse Lyons announced that barrels of his new malt whiskey, Pearse Lyons Reserve, will be sold as they are produced and the buyer can monitor the aging of their whiskey by [...]

“We have kind of labeled ourselves ‘dairy goat pioneers,’” says Todd Harp. “There are several people across the state who are watching Susan and me to see how it goes.”
Harp operates Foxhide Farm in Bourbon County and last week, he made the first official shipment of goat’s milk in Kentucky, according to state inspectors.
It went [...]

One official color wasn’t enough.

The University of Kentucky now has an official blue plaid.
By this fall, the first plaid items – a UK tie for men and a silk scarf for women – will be on sale, but no price information yet.
Every fan’s dream is about to come true, at least one plaid tie or [...]

What do Washington, D.C., Perryville, Ky., Boston and China have in common?
Tea, of course.
The National Archives in Washington commissioned Elmwood Inn Fine Teas in Perryville to package a tea for the archives’ gift shop that would commemorate the Boston Tea Party.
Elmwood’s owners, Bruce and Shelley Richardson, discovered that American colonists tossed four types of Chinese [...]

If you’re bored with the same ole snacks, try the PickleSickle — sometimes called Bob’s Pickle Pops — that’s made from freshly squeezed pickles.
Thank of it as frozen green orange juice.
“It is hard to imagine that someone thought of the idea of creating a frozen treat made from pickle juice,” says PickleSickle co-founder David Millar. [...]