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Whiskey tours are becoming just as popular as wine tours. — Pixabay With tourists flocking to distilleries in the United States, concerns about a pandemic hangover for Kentucky’s world-famous bourbon industry are quickly evaporating. A US$19mil (RM79mil) tourist centre that Heaven Hill Distillery opened recently in the heart of the state’s bourbon country is already overflowing – with reservations filling up quickly to learn about whiskey-making and sample its spirits, including its fla...

ILKLEY Literature Festival has announced the Forward Prize-winning poet Ian Duhig as the festival’s 2021 Poet in Residence. Ian will be making a mark on this year’s festival, programming an online poetry showcase, taking part in a reading, running a writing workshop for adults, producing a commissioned piece, and judging the annual Walter Swan Poetry Prize. Ian became a full-time writer after working with homeless people for 15 years and has since published seven books of poetry. He h...

Over the course of A Year of Forward Thinking, Princeton researchers and alumni alike have shared the ideas that are motivating progress and transforming their fields. Join us for the final event in the online Forward Fest series to revisit the themes discussed over the past nine months and see how they intersect in Princeton’s interdisciplinary ecosystem. Featured in the program will be Allison Carruth, Professor of American Studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute; Céline Gounde...

EU Temporarily Suspending Increase On Tariffs For American Whiskey EU Temporarily Suspending Increase On Tariffs For American Whiskey U.S. Representatives from Kentucky, John Yarmuth (Democrat) and Andy Barr (Republican), initiated a letter calling on Katherine Tai, President Joe Biden’s newly-confirmed U.S. Trade Representative, to work with the European Union and the United Kingdom to immediately suspend tariffs on American whiskey. Their letter, signed by 48 fellow U.S. Representatives, ci...

American whiskey producers welcome EU tariff freeze 18th May, 2021 by Kate Malczewski US distillers have expressed relief after the EU decided to temporarily suspend its proposed tariff increase on American whiskey. The 50% EU tariff hike on American whiskey that was set to come into play on 1 June has been suspended In a joint statement yesterday (17 May), representatives from the EU and US said they were beginning talks to address the trade conflicts over the global steel and aluminium indu...

Princeton’s first Muslim Chaplain Imam Sohaib Sultan dies Emily Aronson, Office of Communications April 23, 2021 10:59 a.m. Imam Sohaib Sultan, Princeton Universitys first Muslim chaplain, died April 16 of cancer. Sultan was an inspirational leader, teacher, mentor and friend to students, faculty and staff from across religious affiliations and backgrounds. He was called a “diamond” in the life of Princetonians and was credited with influencing a generation of Muslim students ...

Brough Brothers Distillery Joins The Kentucky Distillers Association Brough Brothers Distillery Joins The Kentucky Distillers’ Association The Kentucky Distillers’ Association announced recently that Brough Brothers Distillery in Louisville is the latest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature bourbon and distilled spirits industry. Brough Brothers Distillery is the 42nd to join the association. It is said to be the first and only African American-o...

On my radar: Nick Lairds cultural highlights Nick Laird © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian Born in 1975 in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, poet and novelist Nick Laird attended the University of Cambridge before working in law for six years. In 2005, he published his first collection of poems, Utterly Monkey. Since then, he has won numerous awards for his writing, including the Somerset Maugham award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial prize and the Eric...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Exports of Kentucky bourbon were down 34 percent in 2020. But that isn't the bad news. The bad news is that things could be worse in 2021, if tariffs on American whiskey increase to 50% in June, according to the Kentucky Distillers' Association, an industry trade organization. "Our signature bourbon industry has sustained significant damage for more than two years because of a ...

Feb. 24—Exports of Kentucky bourbon were down 34 percent in 2020. But that isn't the bad news. The bad news is that things could be worse in 2021, if tariffs on American whiskey increase to 50 percent in June, according to the Kentucky Distillers' Association, an industry trade organization. "Our signature bourbon industry has sustained significant damage for more than two years because of a ...