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[Smiley Pete] Revived Bourbon Brand Pays Homage to Kentucky Lawmakers

March 16, 2021

Damon Thayer, a state senator from Georgetown, and business partner Andre Regard, a Lexington attorney, have revived a historic whiskey brand they intend to showcase examples of fine Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey — as well as pay homage to past Kentucky lawmakers.


[Forbes] New $200 Bourbon Leans Right

March 11, 2021

Move over celebrities, politicians are entering the bourbon game. Well, at least one is. Longtime Kentucky State Senator Damon Thayer (Republican) has resurrected the brand “Kentucky Senator” that was once owned by Crigler & Crigler, the pre-Prohibition company best known for Woodland and Buffalo Springs Distillery, and later made by Double Springs Distillery.


[Fred Minnick] Is This Bourbon $200 Good? Kentucky Senator 15 Year Old Kentucky Bourbon

March 11, 2021


[The Lane Report] Kentucky Senator Spirits releases first bourbon

February 25, 2021

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Currently hitting shelves in Kentucky, the first limited edition release of the recently acquired Kentucky Senator small batch bourbon will feature the name of an esteemed U.S. Senator who hails from the Bluegrass State.


Kentucky Senator Spirits LLC Releases First Bourbon

February 22, 2021

LEXINGTON, KY— Hitting shelves in the next two weeks, the first limited edition release of the recently acquired Kentucky Senator small batch Bourbon will feature the name of an esteemed U.S. Senator who hails from the Bluegrass State.