Tom Wilmes

Tom Wilmes is a journalist based in central Kentucky, specializing in bourbon and other spirits. A contributor for Garden & Gun, he has also written for Whisky Advocate, The Local Palate, Southbound, and various other publications. Follow @kentuckydrinks on Instagram.

Food & Drink

Know your “single barrel” from your “small batch,” your “age statement” from your “angel’s share”

Drinks

Assistant master distiller Elizabeth McCall expounds on barrel-finished bourbon, the makings of a great mint julep, and why cola is okay as a mixer

Drinks

These thirty-two entrants in our Craft Brewery Bracket are making their mark

Drinks

After a slow start, the South shows up strong on the national craft-beer scene