The Buzz

Picture a rocket rising into the heavens.
Now you’ve got a mental image of what Pearse Lyons expects to happen to Alltech’s sales as a result of the agreement to make food flavorings in partnership with Mitsui and Asahi Breweries.
Lyons, founder and chief executive of Nicholasville-based Alltech, tells Feedinfo News Service that Alltech’s annual sales could [...]

It’s not a buffalo, it’s a dog.
Buffalo Trace, which likes to produce bourbons with all sorts of different labels and bottle shapes, is adding another.
But it’s not bourbon. It’s white dog, the 125-proof distillate that is clear and strong before it mellows in oaken barrels. There’s another name for it that rhymes with “loon vine.”
Buffalo [...]

Venza is for lovers — pet lovers, that is.
Made by Toyota at Georgetown, the vehicle is a “crossover,” a mix of car and SUV, that looks like a tall Camry wagon.
The Venza’s target audience is empty-nesters and young families, many of whom have pets.
So Toyota is sponsoring “pet-centric ride and drive events” and joining with [...]

Dennis Frommeyer was annoyed.
When he trimmed the bushes in his yard, the clippings had to be raked up — or picked up by hand if they fell into the landscaping material around his plants.
He vented to his wife, Michelle, and “she told me to invent something,” Frommeyer wrote in an e-mail.
Out of that remark came [...]

Looking for a stocking-stuffer?
State government might have just what you need.
That’s right.
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 [...]