by bourbonwomen | May 17, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
Find Upcoming Bourbon Women Events Here Erin Hayes is Director of Sales and Trade Advocacy for Westward Whiskey in Portland, Oregon. She recently helped launch a special Women’s History Month barrel of Westward that will raise money for two different charities....
by bourbonwomen | May 10, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
This post sponsored by Kelley Construction Find Future Bourbon Women Events Here Elmer Lucille Allen was recently featured on the local news in Louisville highlighting her work with Brown-Forman as a chemist, the first African-American to be hired for that position in...
by Heather Wibbels | May 5, 2021 | The Speakeasy
There’s more to American whiskey than bourbon, and this Whiskey Explorer’s Flight from former Bourbon Women board member Nicole Stipp teaches anyone sipping these selections the variety and beauty of whiskies available to those just discovering their whiskey palate....
by bourbonwomen | May 3, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
Find Upcoming Bourbon Women Events Here When it comes to Master Tasters, there are some who were clearly born to do the job. I once heard a story about Jackie Zykan in which she correctly identified several vodka samples in a blind tasting without even knowing what...
by Susan Reigler | Apr 30, 2021 | Whiskey Education
Pretty much every whiskey lover knows that without the addition of yeast to the cooked mash, all you would have is a pretty tasty, multi-grain porridge. After the starches in the corn, rye, and malted barley are converted to sugar by the enzyme amylase released from...
by bourbonwomen | Apr 26, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
Find Upcoming Bourbon Women Events Here Brooke Glover is the President and Co-Founder of Swilled Dog Hard Cider & Spirits in West Virginia. She runs the day-to-day operations making cider and spirits, and if there’s one thing she loves more it’s her...
