BBQ and Bourbon

There is no election on this year’s ballot, but that will not stop upwards of 10,000 from converging on the small western Kentucky hamlet of Fancy Farm, Kentucky, population of 900, this weekend. Many will come for the barbecue, to buy a raffle ticket on a new vehicle or just to visit old friends and [...]

Bourbon Ball 25:  Homecoming, a legendary gala that is usually held on the first Saturday in October, will be held on Friday, August 21, 2009, from 7:00 p.m. to midnight, at The Henry Clay, 604 South Third Street. The fundraiser benefits the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft and includes a silent auction, artists’ trunk [...]

A new specialty label supporting The Terry Farrell Firefighter’s Fund is on shelves now. Over 36,000 cases of Jim Beam bottles with the specialty label are being added to shelves across America. Show your support for the fund and purchase a bottle of Jim Beam today! “We’re honoring firefighters across America for their commitment to [...]

Charter Communications paid me enough to buy some country style ribs to tell you about this contest they are running. You read blogs, you probably belong to a BBQ forum, maybe even Twitter, and friend other barbeque fans on Facebook. If you are a Charter Communications customer, you might even follow Charter on Facebook. OK, [...]

I love this $2 crock pot still. The ingenuity of the American whiskey makers is unrivaled. The poor dude that made this crock pot still certainly must have 1. lost a bet or 2. just loves to tinker. Either way, you have to have a certain admiration for such devotion to hooch.

Blue Grass Cooperage, which makes American white oak barrels for aging spirits, is being renamed by its parent company, Brown-Forman Corp. The company now will be known as Brown-Forman Cooperage, Louisville-based Brown-Forman said in a news release. As we wrote in February, the cooperage also will open its doors for public tours. The cooperage, which [...]

Just home from Afghanistan, Army Spc. Jason Forster and Sgt. Anthony Jacobs are looking forward to a traditional Fourth of July — hanging out with co-workers and the boss, watching some fireworks and eating barbecue. The boss, also known as President Barack Obama, has invited 25 Fort Campbell, Kentucky, soldiers and their families to join [...]

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail will be open for the holiday weekend: a great road trip of the places where Americans make the world’s bourbon. (All times are Eastern.) Buffalo Trace, Frankfort – open Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., closed Sunday. Four Roses, Lawrenceburg – open Friday and Saturday, [...]

CNN did a nice feature called Grill, Baby, Grill BBQ Competitions. Included in the story is a section highlighting the difference between “grilling” and “bbq.” Here’s how they described it… Grilling is hot and fast, or what most people do when they cook a hamburger or a salmon steak over an open flame. Barbecuing is [...]