We are joined by Steve Coomes, Kentucky Bourbon Festival Programming Coordinator, to highlight the 2023 Festival's educational programming including premium and included events. The Kentucky Bourbon Festival is Sept. 15-17, 2023. More than 50 bourbon brands are participating this year — and sampling is included with all tickets! Many brands will also have bottles to sell including exclusive KBF bottle picks. Additionally, the KBF is expanding and upgrading food offerings, including an all-new partnership with the Louisville Food Truck Association. Buy tickets to the Festival and Premium events (details below) at kybourbonfestival.com.

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Bourbon Lens Coverage and Show Links:

• 2023 Kentucky Bourbon Festival Tickets Go On Sale May 11th
• 194: The Best of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2022
• 183: Kentucky Bourbon Festival: "Only Whiskey. Only in Bardstown."
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Kentucky Bourbon Festival Premium Event Lineup:

Thursday

• An Ideal Pairing: Bardstown Bourbon Co. Whiskey and Kentucky Foods, BBC Nat. Brand. Amb. Jaz'min Weaver and Steve Coomes
• Ultra-Premium Cask-Finished Whiskey Tasting with Bardstown Bourbon Co.'s Dan Callaway

Friday

• The Black Manhattan: A Trio of Tastes: Heather Wibbles, The Cocktail Contessa
• Bourbon Opener, featuring Bardstown Bourbon Co
• Craft Cocktail Innovations: Tin Le, mixologist, The Kitchen Table at James B. Beam Distillery
• Whiskey Blending: A Confluence of Art and Science: Ashley Barnes, Monica Wolf, owners, The Spirits Group
• The Bourbon Engagement, Featuring James B. Beam Distilling Co.
• Whiskeys from Way Back When: Tasting Rare and Vintage Pours with Travis Hill
• Saturday
• Party Time! A Mixologist's Tips and Tricks for Batched Cocktails: Catherine Manabat, Mixologist, New Riff Distilling
• The Bourbon Opener, Featuring Brown-Forman
• Thoroughly Modern Meals Made with Bourbon: Chef Nokee Bucayu, Wiltshire on Main and Wiltshire at The Speed
• A Deep Dive Into Whiskey Making and Tasting with Danny Kahn, master distiller, distillation/aging ops. director, Sazerac
• The Annual Master Distillers' Auction (open to all ticketed guests)
• The 7-Year Sip: A Vertical Tasting of Wilderness Trail Whiskeys led by co-founders Shane Baker and Pat Heist

Sunday

• Bourbon, Bacon and Biscuits, Featuring Michter's
• When In Doubt, Cook with Bourbon: Seth Kinder, chef, Barn8 Restaurant
• Kicked-Up Cocktail Innovation with Randi Densford, mixologist, Barn8 Restaurant