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...
by Sara Havens | Apr 23, 2021 | Whiskey Education
Find Upcoming Bourbon Women Events Here In 1984, a humble and spry distiller by the name of Elmer T. Lee launched the first modern bourbon brand marketed as a “single barrel” — Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon. Many bourbon historians credit this release as the spark...
by Heather Wibbels | Apr 21, 2021 | The Speakeasy
Sip away at this spicy, chocolatey finalist for the Bourbon Women Not Your Pink Drink Contest from 2019 by Molly Hollar. The combination of chocolate and spice together with bourbon made a cocktail version of Mexican hot chocolate that will light up your palate. For...
by bourbonwomen | Apr 19, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
Find Upcoming Bourbon Women Events Here You would not believe the number of people who go from being teachers to making beverage alcohol for a living. It’s almost as though we aren’t paying teachers enough for an extremely stressful job! Meet Kay Bennett,...
