Steve Coomes – Writer

Copper & Kings’ new brandy cookbook features works of McGarity, Chavez-Graziano

In May, Copper & Kings Distillery hired me to manage the making of a modest cookbook of recipes and pairings using its excellent grape and apple brandies. C&K co-owner Joe...

Old Forester Distilling Co. opens remarkable Whiskey Row distillery

If you stand on the Main St. sidewalk with your back to the new Old Forester Distilling Co., you’ll see George Garvin Brown’s picture painted on the east-facing wall of...

ALEX&NDER bar opens at Copper & Kings distillery in Butchertown

For fans of Copper & Kings American Brandy Distillery in Butchertown, the opening of its ALEX&NDER rooftop bar has been a long time coming. They knew it would represent more...

Fresh slices of Tennshootoe 18-month old ham by The Hamery in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Photo by Steve Coomes

American cured ham’s time has come

“American food is wonderful, but if this country is ever going to rise to the gastronomic heights of France, Italy and Spain, and take strides toward global respect for our...

Corbett’s sale of Equus and Jack’s Lounge was timely and wise

Thirty-three years ago, when I cooked alongside Dean Corbett at Sixth Avenue (he a 23-year-old sous chef, I a 21-year-old cook), he said he was leaving to take over Equus,...

MICHTER’S BARREL STRENGTH RYE REVIEW

A short summary of my latest whiskey review of Michter's Barrel Strength Rye posted to BourbonBanter.com ... Michter's Barrel Strength Rye NOSE: Stone fruit/cherry | bubble...

Long overdue: Mario Batali focus of 60 Minutes exposé on sexual harassment

Oh, Mario. Boy, oh, boy, Mario. For years, industry talk trickling southward said you were a bad boy. But until last night’s episode of “60 Minutes,” I had no inkling...

The British came and launched American Whiskey magazine

American whiskey is hot. We’re experiencing a bourbon boom and a rye renaissance, and though brandy isn’t whiskey, domestic versions of that potent potable also are on the rise. We...

Some of the historic whiskey bottles on display at the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History. Photo courtesy of the Oscar Getz Museum

Bardstown’s Getz Museum of Whiskey History receives Frazier Prohibition exhibit

Ever wondered where longstanding museum exhibits go when their time ends? Thanks to the Frazier History Museum, the incredibly popular “Spirits of the Bluegrass: Prohibition and Kentucky” exhibit will live...

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