Kentucky State BBQ Festival Smokin’ in September!

By on Mar 8, 2012 in Featured, Kentucky Barbeque | 0 Comments

Kentucky State BBQ Festival, Danville KY, Sept. 8-9, 2012

Kentucky State BBQ Festival, Danville KY, Sept. 8-9, 2012

Danville, KY - Kentucky State BBQ Festival Committee and the Heart of Danville (HOD) are pleased to announce the 2012 event date as September 8 and 9, 2012. The event will be held again in historic Constitution Square Park in Downtown Danville.

Festival coordinators Cindy and Brad Simmons are working on plans to help accommodate the large crowds expected again at this year’s event. “Danville made the celebrity Pitmasters from last year feel so welcome, they are all excited to return. This year will see the event grow and spill into downtown,” said Brad Simmons.

“While this weekend has traditionally been the date for Constitution Square Arts Fest, Heart of Danville officials have agreed that the community will be better served by working together. It gives us a better chance for good weather and longer daylight hours, allowing us to reach a bigger audience. We found the community’s response to the BBQ festival to be exceptional, and feel we can bring a more concentrated volunteer focus to a single event of excellence for downtown,” said HOD Promotion Committee chairwoman Janet Hamner. “Our experience and hard work over the years has allowed Danville to become the region’s ‘Festival and Event Headquarters’. We are so excited to lend support to Brad and Cindy Simmons, bringing even more excitement to Downtown Danville.”

The Heart of Danville will sponsor a minimum of ten events in Downtown Danville in 2012. In addition, the Lawn Chair Theater will host seven movies on Friday nights during the summer months. The Heart of Danville’s mission is to focus downtown development over four concentrated areas: Design, Promotion, Economic Restructuring and Organization.

For more information on the Kentucky State BBQ Festival, please visit http://www.KentuckyBBQFestival.com

Press Release for 2nd ever KY State BBQ Festival in Danville, KY is a post from: Kentucky State BBQ Festival

Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival in NYC: Part Deux!

By on Feb 2, 2012 in Featured | 0 Comments

We had such a BBQ Blast at 2010′s Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival held at La Venue/The Tunnel, that we had to go back. Every attendee gets a festival logo beer glass that they can get unlimited refills of (you guessed it) beer and bourbon but I was there for the eats! There were over 70 vendors of both booze and ‘cue, and we tried to visit all we could all while trying to stay upright! And for those more into girls than grits, Larry Flynt sent over his Daisy Dukes girls, who were giving a portion of the proceeds from their $15 calendar to several charities, and of course they were providing the mainly young male crowd plenty of photo, ops, autographs and even hugs!
There was also a bacon eating contest with a $100 prize, but we just did not have that big of an ability to pig out, even though we usually excel in general in this arena! We did the first session only, which was called The Bacon Bash Session, but it was about a whole heck of a lot more than bacon.
By: Anne M. Raso

Barkhouse Bros. Gold Dust Bourbon Bottle Sells for $28,000

By on Dec 28, 2011 in Featured, Kentucky Bourbon | 0 Comments

Barkhouse Bros Gold Dust Bourbon BottleA trademark Barkhouse Bros. & Co. Gold Dust Kentucky Bourbon bottle, one of the most popular western fifths and one of the finest known to exist, sold for $28,000 in an Internet and catalog auction held Dec. 9-18 by American Bottle Auctions. The bottle was the top seller of the 144 western whiskeys and historical flasks that changed hands.

The Gold Dust western fifth excited bidders for several reasons. It boasted loads of embossing, even with an embossed horse (which happened to depict a famous race horse of its time). It had a beautiful yellow olive coloration, with a ton of whittle and an applied top. The Gold Dust has become a “must-have” western fifth for serious collectors able to afford one.

The Gold Dust Kentucky Bourbon was a very popular brand from the moment it was introduced to the Pacific Slope by Barkhouse Bros. through their agent the John van Bergen Co. of San Francisco. The name is a natural for the early California and Nevada trade, it probably was a significant factor in the brand’s popularity. The Gold Dust name however, is in reference to the horse depicted in the trade mark, and of course embossed on the bottle.

Republicans and Democrats Need to Drink More Bourbon

By on Dec 7, 2011 in Featured, Kentucky Bourbon | 0 Comments

Red State Blue State Bourbon from Heaven HillHeaven Hill Distilleries, Inc., wants politicians and those who follow them to drink more bourbon so they have distilled a new American Bourbon - Red State(TM) and Blue State(TM) Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

Made up of two simultaneous releases of hand-crafted Bourbon from two time “Distiller of the Year” Heaven Hill Distilleries the dueling bottles will create the biggest buzz ever seen around a consumer product at election time.

Red State Blue State Bourbon bottlesNo matter which side they’re on, voters can make a real party statement with America’s Native Spirit in the form of Red State and Blue State, a smooth-tasting Kentucky Bourbon. Labeled with America’s political party colors of Republican red and Democrat blue and featuring the famous elephant and donkey symbols Read the rest

Heaven Hill Spill Adds Bourbon Ingredient to Creek

By on Dec 5, 2011 in Featured, Kentucky Barbeque | 0 Comments

Almost 6,400 gallons of ethyl alcohol spilled from the back of a Heaven Hill distillery building Saturday afternoon.

The Bardstown Fire Department and state and federal environmental regulators treated the spill as a hazardous spill accident and responded similarly.

A dike pooled some of the spilled 180-proof alcohol, but a whole lot more spilled down a creek and into a lake at the rear of the building, Bardstown Fire Chief Anthony Mattingly said.

The spill was caused when a tanker full of the alcohol left a shutoff valve open letting the alcohol overflow into a containment area. Another valve had been opened to handle excess rain which let the spill reach the creek and lake.

occurred after a tanker delivered the alcohol to the distillery in Nelson County. A shutoff valve between a large tank and a smaller tank was left open, allowing the liquid to flow into the smaller tank, which then overflowed into a containment area, Mattingly said.

An environmental contractor helped mitigate the spill, the chief said.

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