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Raising a glass to New Riff Distilling on 10 years in the whiskey business

Jul 23, 2024 | americanwhiskeymag.com | Maggie Kimberl

In 2010, Ken Lewis owned the Party Source, one of the largest liquor stores in the United States. It was located in Northern Kentucky, not even a mile from Cincinnati. He’d been in the business more than four decades at that point, and as the spirits buyer for the store, he started to notice a marked uptick in bourbon sales.
A successful pairing

Jul 18, 2024 | americanwhiskeymag.com | Maggie Kimberl

Pairing whiskey and cigars can be tricky. For starters, whiskeys have a broad range of flavor profiles, from peaty or smoky, to sweet, to spicy, which can make finding the right cigar complicated. The next challenge is that both whiskey and cigars tend to be big and bold in flavor, which can easily become overpowering.
Debunking Myths

Jul 18, 2024 | americanwhiskeymag.com | Maggie Kimberl

The reason I began studying bourbon and cigar pairings is because, without fail, every time I asked a cigar bar bartender or a cigar lounge tobacconist, I would always get the same response: if you are smoking a full-bodied cigar, pair it with a full-bodied bourbon, and if you are smoking a light-bodied cigar, pair it with a light-bodied bourbon. I eventually figured out where this advice originated.
Inside the Ready Room

Jul 18, 2024 | americanwhiskeymag.com | Maggie Kimberl

Single malt whiskey may not be your first choice when making a cocktail, but it can be an interesting and versatile addition to your cocktail repertoire, especially with the bolder American styles of the barley-based spirit. The best-known malt whiskey cocktail is the Rob Roy, which is basically a Manhattan with malt whiskey, typically Scotch, instead of rye or bourbon.
The Ideal Bartender Experience

Jul 18, 2024 | americanwhiskeymag.com | Maggie Kimberl

Tom Bullock was an African American bartender who was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1872. He worked at the Pendennis Club in Louisville for a time before moving on to work at a country club in St Louis and then as a porter on the railroad, but his claim to fame is that he wrote one of the first bartending manuals in history, The Ideal Bartender.
A new sensation

Jul 16, 2024 | americanwhiskeymag.com | Maggie Kimberl

When you think about historical figures who enjoyed whiskey and cigars together, people such as Mark Twain or Winston Churchill may come to mind. But it has only been in the last few years that whiskey brands and cigar manufacturers have started to work together to create pairings that cater to lovers of both.
Brittany Penny: It's always been bourbon

Jul 16, 2024 | americanwhiskeymag.com | Maggie Kimberl

It’s hard to imagine there are still firsts in an industry as old as the Kentucky bourbon industry, but for Brittany Penny, learning that she was the first-ever African-American woman to become CEO of a Kentucky bourbon brand only motivated her to make sure she isn’t the last. Her story is inspirational: she started her business when her first daughter was a newborn because, as she often recounts, she wasn’t sleeping anyway.
Maker’s Mark announces next wood finishing series release

Jun 24, 2024 | americanwhiskeymag.com | Bradley Weir

Kentucky-based Maker’s Mark has announced the latest in its Wood Finishing Series with The Heart Release. This latest expression will be available beginning in July 2024. The brand’s Wood Finish Series features a collection of expressions that use an innovative wood stave-finishing technique to enhance distinctive characteristics already present in the brand’s bourbon.
Heaven Hill announces launch of Grain to Glass

Jun 20, 2024 | americanwhiskeymag.com | Bradley Weir

Heaven Hill Distillery has announced the launch of Heaven Hill Grain to Glass, the latest addition to its collection of whiskeys highlighting the brand’s long-standing commitment to quality, sustainability and craft. The new release features three new mashbills which include a bourbon, a wheated bourbon and rye expression. The idea for the line began eight years ago as the brainchild of Heaven Hill executive chairman Max Shapira, and a partnership with seed company Beck’s Hybrids.
Louisville school launches bourbon raffle fundraiser, draw on 20 June

Jun 18, 2024 | americanwhiskeymag.com | Bradley Weir

The West End School, a tuition-free, all-boys school located in Louisville, has launched an ambitious bourbon raffle in an effort to fundraise. Up to $200,000 worth of vintage and ultra-rare bourbons are to be raffled off nationwide. There are a total of 22 lots to be won. All proceeds from the raffle will support underprivileged kids at the West End School, and include the soon-to-be-built West End Girls School, expected to be finished in fall 2025.