Who would have guessed that what started as Kentucky moonshine would lead to the “Bourbon Boom” of 2014? These days, it’s hard to find a bar that isn’t serving popular top shelf bourbon drinks to both men and women, but that wasn’t always the case. Bourbon used to be known as a “commodity” spirit, because of its bitterness and poor quality due to many distillers diluting and tampering with the recipe. The Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 set strict standards, and ..read more