A Bourbon Supper in Chicago

Local readers (from left) Craig and Rebecca Eisner, Mitch Rogatz, and Steve and Kendra Kennett join G&G at Sepia in Chicago for a bourbon tasting and dinner.

Paul Mallon and Jana Robinson pose during the cocktail hour before the Buffalo Trace bourbon tasting.

VisitLex’s Erin Hilton is greeted with a Buffalo Trace Manhattan at Sepia.

Anderlik, Otto, and Church plays festive bluegrass music for the crowd.

(From left) Amy Preske, Chris Rose, and Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley.

(From left) G&G Assistant Editor, Food, Jed Portman, VisitLex Communications Director, Nikki Goldey, VisitLex Marketing Project Manager, Erin Hilton, Anne Greisner, VisitLex President & CEO, Marry Quinn Ramer, and G&G VP & Publisher, Christian Bryant.

The Buffalo Trace bourbon tasting includes Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon, and E.H. Taylor, Jr. Straight Rye.

Kit Graham and Olivia Rink celebrate Lexington, Kentucky, with G&G and VisitLex at Sepia.

G&G’s Jed Portman mingles with Chicago-area readers.

Buffalo Trace Master Distiller, Harlen Wheatley describes E.H Taylor, Jr. Straight Rye.

Red miso marinated Berkshire pork with smoked cherries, spoon bread, and pork jus.

Guests sipped and rated bourbon throughout the tasting.

The Southern-inspired dinner concluded with apple cake, vanilla crème fraîche, caramel, and pecans cooked with Buffalo Trace Cream.