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Off the Trail and on the Trace 22 Aug 2013 | 04:20 am
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail does not include every Bourbon distillery in Kentucky. As I mentioned in my article on planning a trip to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, there are some distilleries that can’t ...
Exploring Bourbon’s Natural Habitat at Woodford Reserve 13 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm
There are two kinds of distilleries in the world: Those that look like the factories they are and those that float in picturesque settings seemingly one with nature. I’m accustomed to the latter – the...
Making Their Mark on the Whiskey Industry 7 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
Who knows what the backwoods of Kentucky hide these days. Illicit stills? Bootleggers? The skeletal remains of lost tourists? Raylan Givens? Point being, this hilly, northern part of Kentucky is large...
State of the Savage: July 2013 29 Jul 2013 | 07:53 pm
The few months since my last State of the Savage have been the most tumultuous in a long time. I write to you feverish, on my tenth day of an illness that just last night revealed its true colors. Sic...
What’s the Difference? Scotch vs. Bourbon 15 Jul 2013 | 09:43 pm
I had to restrain myself – many times – while writing my last post about the Jim Beam distillery. I kept veering off into technical definitions of Bourbon so I could lay them against equally technical...
Chewing My Way Through the Jim Beam Distillery 9 Jul 2013 | 12:09 am
Half an hour south of Louisville in the lush hills of Clermont, Kentucky stands the multi-million dollar complex that is Jim Beam, the world’s largest producer of Bourbon whiskey. It’s a rainy weekday...
Every Last Drop: Planning a Trip to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail 2 Jul 2013 | 09:31 pm
When it came time for me to start planning my trip to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, I was comforted to find that, in many ways, it mirrored Scotland’s Malt Whisky Trail. I should clarify. I was a tad na...
Traveling Savage on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail 24 Jun 2013 | 09:46 pm
Scotland and Kentucky go back a long way. Appalachia was the destination for many Scottish (and Irish) emigrants during the lean years of the Highland Clearances, and their cultural influence is still...
State of the Savage: May 2013 14 May 2013 | 08:31 pm
In January 2012, most of my life disappeared in the game Skyrim. The game is heavily influenced by Norse mythology, and the game world is so engrossing that I found myself enjoying little things in-ga...
Picture This: Shetland Sea Glass 9 May 2013 | 08:33 pm
Shetland's skin is a green tarpaulin hammered by the sun, scoured by the wind, and measured in sheep and stones and fence posts. The west mainland is a beguiling array of coastline notched with tongue...
