FRANKFORT, Ky. Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the steps of the Kentucky Capitol to protest a looming tax increase on the spirits industry. Last week, industry leaders reassembled with a bipartisan group of Kentucky leaders to toast the bourbon sector s record growth.
A new documentary airing in Kentucky but also viewable online gets very intimate with that state's bourbon industry and is worth a watch for the oral history interviews.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the steps of the Kentucky Capitol to protest a looming tax increase on the spirits industry. On
Spurred by a decade of legislative changes to Kentucky’s alcohol laws, the Commonwealth’s Bourbon industry now provides more jobs, generates more payroll, pays more taxes, attracts more tourists a