Who would have though in the 21st Century, agriculture in the United States would be rebounding along with manufacturing and other once-fading economic segments? Of course, the difference is, technology is changing Old Frontier businesses in to New Frontier businesses. … Continue reading
Canning beer is emerging as a strong option for Kentucky breweries to compete against corporate crafts and microbreweries across the country. So, who’s already canning beers in Kentucky? Today, we’ll look at two of the state’s larger craft breweries, based … Continue reading
Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition is coming up early next month. And this is a big deal. Unlike other amateur competitions, the 8-year-old Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition will award more than $500,000 in scholarships and cash for 2013, up from $300,000 … Continue reading
You can criticize. Or you can reward those who use innovation and technology to take tangible steps toward facilitating lasting change. Last May, Alltech, the Lexington, Ky.-based conglomerate, created the Alltech Innovation Competition, a challenge to the state’s universities to … Continue reading
We’re No. 1! We’re never going to get tired of saying that. And we’re never going to get tired of finding new ways in which our city and state (but mostly our city) excels. Sure Alltech’s Global Headquarters are located … Continue reading
This chef thing is starting to take on a little bit of a WWF vibe, with international smackdowns and rivalries. Aggressive feeds and drinks conglomerate Alltech is bringing chefs to its home base of Lexington, Ky. from eight different countries … Continue reading
While with a tour group admiring Lexington’s brand-spankin’-new Town Branch Distillery last Saturday, in bounded a 60-ish man wearing running tights below running shorts, a jacket and a ball cap. A laggard late to the tour? A runner thirsty for whiskey … Continue reading
The 2012 Alltech National Horse Show returns to Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena in Lexington Oct. 30 through Nov. 4. We can’t think of another top-end horsey set event that has both world-class eventing and some free events including kids … Continue reading
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Hopfield and McCoy, an India pale ale created by Kurt Greivenkamp, Scott Roseburrough and Brandon Nevil (owners of Cock & Bull in Covington, Ky.’s Mainstrasse Village), won this year’s Alltech’s Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co.’s annual May Brew-Off. … Continue reading
Call it ironic timing or a wake-up call to a gin drinker (me), but a good chunk of my freelance work lately has been devoted to writing about two of Kentucky’s most important bourbon towns, Bardstown and Lexington. Just this … Continue reading
