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...
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...
