Lisa Roper Wicker has over twenty years of experience in alcohol production, starting in farm wineries in Indiana and Kentucky before moving into distilling with Limestone Branch, Starlight Distillery, and founding Preservation Distillery — the first craft distillery in Nelson County. She later founded Saints & Monsters Consulting, focusing on product development, distillery startups, and…

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For the Owner and Master Distiller of the Neeley Family Distillery, whiskey is in his bloodline. Eleven generations of bloodline specifically. An unbroken lineage of distilling dates all the way back to the mid 1700s when his great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, James John Neeley immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland and brought with him copper pot stills…

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Bourbon Sessions at the Ripy Mansion welcomes Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame Inductee, Wes Henderson of True Story As the Founder of Angel's Envy Bourbon, Wes Henderson created a one-of-a-kind…

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Join us for a fun night of learning with Ross Cornelissen, with Barton 1792! Ross has always been involved in fermentation, a true passion for him. Before joining the team at 1792, Ross had the opportunity to work at MGP and a biotech start up in Colorado doing mycelial fermentation for food ingredients. Both of…

Bourbon Sessions at the Ripy Mansion welcomes Dan Callaway, Vice President, Product Development at Bardstown Bourbon CompanyDan combines his love for great whiskey and superior hospitality with his experience in the arts. He performed as a member of the Louisian Philharmonic in New Orleans and around the world with the Hollywood Concert Orchestra.A certified sommelier,…

Start off the Christmas Season with cookies and cocoa with the man himself, Santa. At the beautiful and historic Ripy House on South Main St Lawrenceburg, KY.Pictures with the jolly old elf, cookies, hot chocolate with all the toppings, Christmas stories read throughout the afternoon will get even Scrooge in the Christmas Spirit! Only $10 per…

Take a night off and spend time at the Ripy Mansion in the Rose Garden with a warm cigar. This will include a two hour exclusive cigar and tasting experience! This unique night includes information about cigars, including help with cutting and lighting of any cigars purchased. There will also be a smoked old fashioned…

Bourbon Sessions at the Ripy Mansion is pleased to welcome Shaylynn Gammon, Whiskey Director of Blue Run Spirits. Gammon’s products have won numerous awards across the spirits industry including Double Competition, and the International Wine and Spirits Competition. With her first-ever Bourbon product, it received an impressive 97 points from the acclaimed Wine Enthusiast Magazine.…

Bourbon Sessions at the Ripy Mansion is pleased to welcome Elizabeth McCall, Master Distiller for Woodford Reserve. Elizabeth McCall is the Master Distiller for Woodford Reserve, overseeing new product development and innovations. A Certified Specialist of Spirits (CSS) , she is the second generation of her family to work in the spirits industry. Elizabeth will…

Bourbon Sessions at the Ripy Mansion welcomes Scott Beyer, Master Blender of O.H. Ingram River Aged! The Ingram family has been moving goods on the Mississippi river for five generations since the first O.H. Ingram began shipping oak logs in 1857. O.H. Ingram River Aged is the only whiskey in the world that is aged…