Brian Haara
Bourbon. Law. Author.
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Lux Row Bourbon Battle Cocktail Competition – We Crowned the Winner During the Kentucky Bourbon Festival!
On September 18, 2019, six semifinal winners from across the United States and the European semifinal winner converged on Lux Row Distillers in Bardstown, Kentucky, for the Championship of the Bourbon Battle Cocktail Competition. These mixologists were challenged to create original bourbon cocktails crafted… Continue Reading “Lux Row Bourbon Battle Cocktail Competition – We Crowned the Winner During the Kentucky Bourbon Festival!”
Lux Row Distillers Crosses The Finish Line in Style.
I’ve followed family-owned Luxco, Inc. closely from the groundbreaking of its Bardstown, Kentucky distillery in 2016, through a hard-hat tour once their 43-foot Vendome column still was installed along with most other equipment and guts (see The Finish Line is in Sight for Lux… Continue Reading “Lux Row Distillers Crosses The Finish Line in Style.”
Banking on Bourbon – Blind Tasting and Finding “Value”
Bankers know value, right? Whether it’s getting the right collateral, predicting trends, identifying the best investments, or knowing when to buy and sell, value is the key for banks because that’s what drives earnings. But can bankers identify value in bourbon? I decided to… Continue Reading “Banking on Bourbon – Blind Tasting and Finding “Value””
Sipp’n Corn Bourbon Review – Yellowstone 2017 Limited Edition
This is the third year that Steve and Paul Beam at Limestone Branch Distillery in Lebanon, Kentucky (which partners with Luxco), have released a limited edition variety of the historic Yellowstone brand. I enjoyed both of the previous limited editions, but for different reasons. … Continue Reading “Sipp’n Corn Bourbon Review – Yellowstone 2017 Limited Edition”
The Finish Line is in Sight for Lux Row Distillers.
Perhaps best known for Ezra Brooks and Rebel Yell (but readers need to add David Nicholson to that list), family-owned Luxco, Inc. continues to make progress on its path from merchant bottler to distiller. Luxco’s Lux Row Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky hit another milestone… Continue Reading “The Finish Line is in Sight for Lux Row Distillers.”
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