It is not uncommon for our fair and blue-grassed state to end up as the butt of many a jibe and joke concerning our decidedly rural – and perhaps slightly folksy – approach to life.  Our big, “cosmopolitan” flagship city (and that would be Louisville) is still, at heart, just a glorified small town with a nice pinch of big city swag fairy dust.  And we like it that way, thank you very much.  However, nothing can silence a squawking peanut gallery of naysayers faster than that one sweet word of on-the-rocks royalty: Bourbon.  You’re welcome,

It is a well-known fact that music is an intricate part of Louisville’s culture; we love our music.  The Haymarket Whiskey Bar took Louisville’s passion for music and combined it with Kentucky’s notoriety for bourbon whiskey.  The result is an intimate venue in NuLu with professional sound and lighting equipment that will feature live music four nights a week. The Haymarket invited The Whiskey Bent Valley Boys to play the grand opening.

Most people who know me know that I adore my bourbon. This is in conjunction with a huge love of food and an attempt at a somewhat healthy lifestyle. When I found this new product on a recent visit to the gorgeous Woodford Reserve distillery, I had to pick it up and give it a try. 

There was once a dark time in our nation’s past. Come to think of it, there have been plenty of dark times in our nation’s past: the Civil War, the Cold War and McCarthy’s witch hunts, the Nixon administration... and Prohibition. The 1920s have become very romanticized in our minds - this was the time of flappers, speakeasies, and snappily-dressed gangsters. Al Capone himself is said to have frequented the Seelbach right here in Louisville.