![]() ![]() Without further ado, go pull out your favorite bourbon, pour a glass, kick back and spend a few minutes hearing from the book’s author himself, Fred Minnick. ![]() ~ (Today, the festival attracts more than 50,000 visitors.) Times to declare bourbon was the “drink of the decade.” By 1998, though, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival’s gala attracted 1,200 consumers from all over the world. Minnick is the editor-in-chief of Bourbon+ magazine, senior contributor to Forbes, and co-founder of the popular Bourbon & Beyond Festival. The festival included participation from most of the distilleries, but struggled to draw initial crowds. Fred Minnick is a Wall Street Journal best-selling author and the writer of award-winning books, such as Bourbon Curious, Bourbon, Rum Curious, and Whiskey Women. ![]() ![]() “In fact, when the Nelson County Tourist Commission launched the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in 1991, it expressed a desire to make this an international festival. About the Author Fred Minnick is a Wall Street Journal best-selling author and the writer of award-winning books, such as Bourbon Curious, Bourbon, Rum Curious, and Whiskey Women. Of course, I took him up on the invite and captured this dramatic reading of Chapter 11, “To Beat Jack Daniel’s.” Such was the case recently when I received an invitation to attend a book signing by Fred Minnick. When you live 60 minutes from 95% of the world’s supply of bourbon, there’s always something bourbon going on. ![]()
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