Tag Archives: bourbon

Gettin’ Drunky in Kentucky

Gov. Steve Beshear has declared September to be “Bourbon Heritage Month” in the Commonwealth. What does this mean? A lot of things, actually. Aside from recycling one of Sen. Jim Bunning’s old ideas, it brings to the forefront one of the things this state does and does well: Distilling fermented corn-mash into an amber nectar [...]

Yarmuth to Officially/Perpetually Get His Drink On

Oh, Yarmuth… how do we love thee? Let us count the ways… (1) You’re not Anne Northup. (2) Moms like you. (3) Without you I’d be writing for The Courier-Journal contemplating mass homicide. (4) You love the bourbon. But on that last note: Yarmuth and fellow KY Congressman Brett Guthrie have formed what appears to [...]