Now known as The Bourbon, this local watering hole reopened in March 2013 after a major renovation.
No one could have predicted that their customers would rush out and hoard on the bourbon.
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Buffalo Trace offers one of the best distillery tours in Kentucky, even though it is not technically part of the Bourbon Trail.
His father had flourished in the Bourbon restoration, but at its fall in 1830, the son took an oath to the new Orleanist king.
The Decumani Hotel de Charme is fresh, elegant and in the former palazzo of Cardinal Sisto Riario Sforza, the last bishop of the Bourbon Kingdom of Naples.
Since Tiki debuted in the 1930s, there have been some notable non-rum classics, like the bourbon-y Halekulani Cocktail, the gin-heavy Suffering Bastard and the tequila-based El Diablo.
Many put down roots, too, such as actor Channing Tatum who filmed 21 Jump Street in town and now owns the Bourbon Street bar and restaurant Saints and Sinners.
If you still have room, finish the meal with an espresso shot from Spring for Coffee or try the Bourbon Pig, a bacon fat-washed bourbon cocktail from the Back Bar.
Bulleit Bourbon, made in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, is one of the most beloved of the many American craft whiskies that sprung up during the Bourbon resurgence of the past two decades.
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She is journeying from Oklahoma to L.A. She meets a guy, the comely Drew (Diego Boneta) who arranges for her to wait tables at the Bourbon Room on the Sunset Strip.
There are bourbon bars that stock more stuff than anywhere in the Bourbon Belt, bars that serve only drinks made with the freshest fruit, others that have perfected one thing, such as Rockfish, where the whiskey highball craze that recently swept Japan found its most perfect expression.
As it turns out, the couple takes most meals at the Brasserie Le Bourbon on the corner: "We need to get out of the house anyway, " Owens says.
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A. system on a cruise ship as it passed through the Panama Canal, and written on the history of bourbon whiskey and the making of Steinway pianos, among many, many other things.
The result yields a bourbon with the posture of a rich cognac with notes of dark chocolate, nuts, maple sugar, caramel and apricot.
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Despite all these pains taken to mellow it out, when consumed neat or on the rocks, it has just a bit more flavor than either of its more mainstream peers, a light but noticeable aroma of toasted oak from the charred bourbon barrels it is aged in, with just enough maltiness to let you know what it was made from.
It was not until 1964, however, that the American government established bourbon as a distinctive product of the United States.
In any case, the key ingredient is bourbon, which is why many of the best juleps have long been made with Makers Mark.
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Kavanaugh sails through the crowd in a Tom Ford suit, clutching a bourbon on the rocks, which complements his ginger-red hair.
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However, intrepid travellers are pushing beyond the plastic beads and bad hangovers of Bourbon Street, the epicentre of most tourist debauchery, keen to discover a different side of the city.
When the trend spread to America in the 1990s, bourbon producers began to sit up and take notice.
After all, moonshine (unaged whiskey), is as native to the region as bourbon.
Thus was born the current profusion of small-batch bourbons, boutique whiskies made with at least 51% corn (see: " The Kings of Bourbon").
Who makes the best Kentucky Bourbon?
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The crew of the Booze Blog recently tasted a bottle of Old Crow Reserve, a new bourbon from the Old Crow Distillery.
Two years ago Brown-Forman, the Louisville conglomerate that owns best-selling brands such as Jack Daniels (which is not strictly a bourbon because it comes from Tennessee), Early Times and Old Forester, decided to introduce a bourbon at the very top of the range.
Ms. BUFORD: It's the heart of the French Quarter, Bourbon Street.
And I'm glad I caught you at the beginning of the conference, before Bourbon Street has a chance to take a toll on you. (Laughter.) All right.
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