Bourbon

2-for1 F&D bourbon columns: home tasting how-to, and an autumnal potpourri

In our current Fall 2025 print edition, you’ll find a two-for-one bourbon flight. First up, whiskey tasting tips from Susan Reigler, with photos by Dan Dry. BOURBON: How To Conduct Your Own In-Home Bourbon Tasting: Tasting whiskey is not like tasting wine. Whiskey, including bourbon, is far higher in alcohol by volume than wine and […]

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Premium ice maker Kentucky Straight Ice celebrates its 10-year anniversary

Kentucky Straight Ice (KSI) is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2025. KSI makes all the cocktail ice for distillers like Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, Woodford Reserve, as well as various other regional distilleries, restaurants, bars, and hotels. An information release offers the skinny on where KSI has been, and where it is going. — Bourbon ice […]

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Hot off the presses: The Fall 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine has hit the streets

The Fall 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. Subscribe to our award-winning print publication and have it delivered to your door each issue. FEATURES PROFILE | The Saing Family’s Pad Thai Story: The Saing family founded the […]

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“The Original Pour”: F&D’s profile of Bourbons Bistro at 20

As we celebrate Bourbons Bistro’s 20th anniversary in 2025, who remembers the establishment’s audacious foundational broadside, which appeared on t-shirts almost a decade prior to former mayor Greg Fischer’s invention of the term “bourbonism” as Louisville’s civic mantra? Bringing bourbon back one sip at a time. And so the comeback has proceeded, two decades hence. Bourbons […]

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Sara’s barrel pick experience at Angel’s Envy (in our Spring 2025 print edition)

As we await the arrival of the Summer 2025 edition of Food & Dining Magazine, which is coming in early June (the fevered hum of production is audible, briefly interrupted by the inevitable Kentucky Derby hangover), a fundamental truth about life in Kentucky taps us gently on our shoulders. It’s a bourbon reminder, of course, […]

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7 Authentic Kentucky Derby Party Ideas (From Locals)

Every year, the crowds descend upon Louisville, Kentucky and Churchill Downs to witness the “most exciting two minutes in sports.” Traditionally held on the first Saturday of May, the Kentucky Derby, is the grand finale to the two-week-long Kentucky Derby … Continue reading →

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The Cocktail Contessa: “Bourbon Plus 3” for delicious spring serves

Cooler weather has lingered, Derby is just days away, and here in Louisville we may be transitioning straight into summer. Speaking for myself, a more temperate spring season suits me fine, hence the relevance of “easy bourbon drinks for delicious spring serves,” as offered by Heather “The Cocktail Contessa” Wibbels in Food & Dining’s current […]

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A new Angel’s Envy release: Straight Rye Whiskey Finished in French Oak Extra Añejo Tequila Barrels

Just in time for summer, here’s a special release to look forward to (available nationwide on May 31): From the Angel’s Envy Cellar Collection Series, it’s Vol. 5 Straight Rye Whiskey Finished in French Oak Extra Añejo Tequila Barrels, the brand’s first Cellar Collection release under Master Distiller Owen Martin. These bulleted excerpts from an […]

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The Best Time of Year for Fall Colors in Kentucky—from the Inn at Woodhaven

After months of summer heat, who isn’t ready for those crisp autumn temperatures and the beautiful fall foliage they create?! At the Inn at Woodhaven, we love to watch the Louisville landscape transform from greenery everywhere to the rich fall … Continue reading →

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18 Best Things To Do In Louisville In Summer 2025 (Rain or Shine)

Word has gotten out, thanks to the New York Times, that Louisville, Kentucky is a fabulous place to vacation in the United States. And while nearly everyone is very familiar with Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, and Old Louisville, there are … Continue reading →

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Louisville Bourbon Trail 2025 Planning Guide (+ Free Recipe)

There’s a lot that draws people to Louisville, Kentucky for vacation. From experiencing the great outdoors in our state park system, to catching a horse race at Churchill Downs, to exploring our art, museum, and culinary scene— Louisville has something … Continue reading →

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