Maggie Kimberl

Louisville

Content Editor at American Whiskey Magazine

Content Editor @WhiskeyMag. Kentucky Colonel. @bourbonveach sidekick. Libourbian. @Whisky_Magazine @TheAlcoholProf & @LouFamFun Feral AF BLM✊ LLAP 🖖

Articles

Milam And Greene’s Maturation Experiments

1 week ago | lougirl502.com | Maggie Kimberl

Milam & Greene is based in Texas, but not all of their whiskey is made in Texas — they are making a lot of whiskey through contract distillation in Kentucky. Blending the barrels of whiskey from Kentucky and Texas gives co-Founder, CEO, and Master Blender Heather Greene blending options. Now they’ve engaged in an experiment to determine how barrels matured in Kentucky differ from barrels of whiskey matured in Texas.
American Whiskey Report May 2025

1 week ago | alcoholprofessor.com | Maggie Kimberl

National Bourbon Week will be held June 19-25, 2025 in Bardstown, Kentucky. RD1’s new experimental distillery and visitor experience is open in Lexington, Kentucky at 113 Turner Commons Way, Suite 110, Lexington, Ky. 40511. Spirits exports from the United States hit a record $2.4 billion in 2024.
Finished Whiskey: the True Story of a New Classic

1 month ago | alcoholprofessor.com | Maggie Kimberl

Barrell Craft Spirits has pioneered a brand built exclusively on mingling barrels from different states and finishing them with unique spirits barrels. American whiskey producers all over the country are experimenting with barrel finishes, and non-distiller producers are finding that well-done barrel finishes can set their sourced whiskey apart from the rest. Secondary new barrels have even less historical relevance within the American whiskey industry.
Get Your Own Angel's Envy Single Barrel

1 month ago | alcoholprofessor.com | Maggie Kimberl

Different groups have different approaches to choosing a single barrel. Some will collaborate from the start while others will secretly take notes and then come together when everyone is ready. Some will vote, some will rank choices, and some will assign numerical values to be averaged out with the most points choosing the winner. After you’ve chosen your single barrel, the group chooses the name that will go on the stickers on the front of all of the bottles.
Pursuit Spirits Releases Mellwood And Derby Town Bourbons

2 months ago | lougirl502.com | Maggie Kimberl

As a ninth generation Louisvillian, I love seeing the city’s history revived. Mellwood Avenue in Louisville was named for the Mellwood Distillery, a pre-Prohibition era distilling company that went through several changes, went out of business during Prohibition, and was bought up by another entity after Prohibition ended. Pursuit Spirits has resurrected this once popular brand after discovering that their warehouse was once part of the Mellwood Distillery.
American Whiskey Report March 2025

2 months ago | alcoholprofessor.com | Maggie Kimberl

Green River is using ghosts in its latest marketing campaign, the first marketing campaign for the brand in over 100 years since it was revived in 2022. The Bourbon Capital Alliance has declared June 10-15, 2025 National Bourbon Week. J. Mattingly 1845 has partnered with the Navy SEAL Foundation on a series of whiskeys, and $30 from the sale of each bottle will go directly to the foundation.
There’s No Gluten in Whiskey. Right?

2 months ago | distilling.com | Maggie Kimberl

At a doctor’s appointment late last year, I was told that I needed to cut gluten out of my diet. I said that would be no problem. I wasn’t eating bread at that time anyway, and there’s no gluten in bourbon. The doctor stopped me and insisted that there is gluten in bourbon. His proof was that “they won’t put gluten free on the label.” Instead, he urged me to only drink Tito’s vodka. I assured him that gluten doesn’t carry over in the distillation process because it’s too heavy.
American Whiskey Report February 2025

Feb 24, 2025 | alcoholprofessor.com | Maggie Kimberl

Sazerac is auctioning off the first ever private barrel of Pappy Van Winkle 15 year old Bourbon as well as other prizes to raise money for California wildfire relief efforts. Chicken Cock Whiskey’s visitor center has joined the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Rabbit Hole Founder Kaveh Zamanian and author Eric Goodman have just published The Mother Of Bourbon, a historical fiction based on the life of Mary Dowling, the woman who ran a Bourbon distillery in Juarez, Mexico during Prohibition.
American Whiskey Report January 2025

Jan 31, 2025 | alcoholprofessor.com | Maggie Kimberl

Town Branch has released its oldest yet Bottled-in-Bond American Single Malt whiskey at 15 years old. Log Still Distillery has partnered with the Archdiocese of Louisville to release a special collaboration bottle, Faithfully Crafted: The Trinity Blend Bourbon. A portion of proceeds will go to the Archdiocese to support its local missions. Old Forester has released its 1924 expression in the Whiskey Row series, a 10 year old Bourbon, for the second year.
A Tale of Two Ryes

Dec 2, 2024 | distilling.com | Maggie Kimberl

There’s no doubt that different regions produce different grains, trees, and even distillation and maturation climates. Regional provenance not only helps craft producers differentiate a product in the marketplace, it also provides an opportunity to create community around distillers and local agriculture. University extension programs can provide the conduit for creating these partnerships.