Bourbon & Beyond Experiences 67

“A Perfect Blend of Bourbon, Food & Music,” Bourbon & Beyond is back and better than ever! Leading independent festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents (DWP) has added a fourth full day to accommodate the unbeatable music lineup, culinary ateliers, bourbon, spirits, beer, and wine experiences of the World’s Largest Bourbon & Music Festival. Bourbon & Beyond combines massive Rock, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues & Alt Rock talent with Master Distillers, Bourbon Experts, and Celebrity Chefs. This year’s festival takes place September 15-18 at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. by Dawn Anderson | courtesy photos

Bourbon & Beyond welcomed 91,000 music lovers, bourbon connoisseurs, and foodie fans in 2019. The giddy crowds will return for the first time in three years to celebrate Kentucky’s signature spirit and the fantastic musical and culinary artistry DWP has assembled. New to this incredible destination event in 2022: the Rocks Room Presented By Zelle®, The Louisville Cocktail Competition, Saturday headliner Pearl Jam’s first Louisville show since 1994, and so much more. “I strongly encourage you to act fast in securing your passes,” says Holly Doscher, Director of Marketing for DWP. “This is our biggest year yet!

Culinary Experiences

DWP’s Los Angeles-based festival producers and promoters very recently announced the completed 2022 culinary and bourbon experiences lineup. Festival-goers will enjoy celebrity and Kentucky chef demos, delicious eats from local restaurants, and Southern Hospitality Concessions’ curated onsite food offerings celebrating Kentucky-inspired menus and flavors. At press time, additional details regarding various workshops, demos, tastings, and a full schedule were still forthcoming from DWP. So stay tuned for a few surprises along the way! Edward Lee and Chris Santos will host and lead Culinary Atelier demonstrations on the Kentucky Venues Culinary Stage presented by Kentucky Proud™. Chef presenters include renowned personalities such as Amanda Freitag, Antonia Lofaso, Tiffani Faison, and Louisville’s own Anthony Lamas and Damaris Phillips. In addition to these chefs and those listed below, rounding out this year’s culinary talent are the Followill Family, Gin Wigmore, Hogslop String Band, and Neil Finn of Crowded House.

Culinary Talent

The Always Sunny Podcast LIVE! - Hosted by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actors Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McElhenney on Saturday, September 17 Amanda Freitag - Frequent Chopped judge and Iron Chef competitor, Author of The Chef Next Door: A Pro Chef’s Recipes for Fun, Fearless Home Cooking, the chef behind Rise + Thyme Café at The Exchange Food Hall in Dallas, Texas Anthony Lamas - Chef/Owner of Seviche Latin-Southern fusion restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, 4-time James Beard Foundation Best Chef: Southeast semifinalist, CoAuthor of Southern Heat: New Southern Cooking Latin Style, Extreme Chef winner, a Culinary Expert for Jon Taffer’s Bar Rescue

Antonia Lofaso - Host and judge of this summer’s Beachside Brawl on Food Network, Top Chef All-Star, Author of The Busy Mom’s Cookbook: 100 Recipes for Quick, Delicious, Home-Cooked Meals, Executive Chef/Co-Owner of DAMA, SCOPA Italian Roots, Black Market Liquor Bar, and Antonia Lofaso Catering in Los Angeles, California, Co-Founder of Chefletics™: Activewear for Chefs

Chris Carter & James Peisker - Chefs/Butchers/CoOwners/Founders of Porter Road Butcher Shop in Nashville, Tennessee, Porter Road online, and Porter Road Meat Company in Princeton, Kentucky Chris Santos - Frequent Chopped judge, Chopped Junior: Make Me a Judge winner, Author of Share: Delicious and Surprising Recipes to Pass Around Your Table, Managing Partner/ Executive Chef of Tao Group Hospitality Damaris Phillips - Food Network Star S9 winner, Guy’s Grocery Games judge and competing chef, Big Bad Budget Battle judge, Author of Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy: Downhome Classics for Vegetarians (and the Meat Eaters Who Love Them), Chef/Co-Owner of Bluegrass Supper Club David Danielson - Executive Chef and Food & Beverage Director of Log Still Distillery and Dant Crossing in Gethsemane, Kentucky Edward Lee - Author of Smoke & Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen and Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s

Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine (James Beard Award for Best Book of Year in Writing), 4-time James Beard Foundation Best Chef: Southeast nominee, Chef/ Owner of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, Kentucky, Culinary Director of Succotash Prime in National Harbor, Maryland, and Penn Quarter, Washington, DC, Founder of The LEE Initiative

Followill Family, Gin Wigmore, Hogslop String Band, Neil Finn of Crowded House Justin Sutherland - Iron Chef America winner, Top Chef: Kentucky competitor, Author of Northern Soul: SouthernInspired Home Cooking from a Northern Kitchen, Executive Chef/Owner of Handsome Hog, Co-Owner of The Gnome Craft Pub, Culinary Director of Noyes & Cutler in St. Paul, Minnesota, Co-Founder of Hybrid Nation and The North Stands

Ouita Michel - Multiple James Beard Foundation Award nominee, Alumna of the James Beard Foundation Chef Bootcamp for Policy and Change, Author of Just a Few Miles South: Timeless Recipes from Our Favorite Places, Owner/Chef of The Holly Hill Family of Restaurants in and around Lexington, Kentucky, Founding and Current Board Member of FoodChain

Sam Fore - Cast Member of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, Southern Living 2020 Cooks of the Year, Plate Magazine Chefs to Watch 2018, Owner of traveling pop-up Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites™ in Lexington, Kentucky Tiffani Faison - East Coast chef of this summer’s Beachside Brawl on Food Network, Tournament of Champions 3 winner, Top Chef S1 runner-up, multiple Top Chef Specials winner, Chopped judge and Chopped: Grudge Match runner-up, 3-time James Beard Foundation Best Chef: Northeast nominee, Chef and Restaurateur of Boston-based Big Heart Hospitality Tyler McNabb - Culinary Director of Holly Hill and Co.

ROCKS ROOM Presented By Zelle®

Seviche Executive Chef Anthony Lamas will provide Beyond VIP and select opt-in festival ticket holders with a four-course onsite dining experience in the form of a fully functioning restaurant - the Rocks Room, Presented by Zelle®. These fans have the opportunity to receive elite perks such as expedited entry, The Fred Minnick Experience premium bourbon tasting, and intimate performances from Caamp, Courtney Barnett, Shakey Graves, and St. Vincent.

Bourbon Experiences

Chris Blandford and Trish Suhr will host The Bourbon Experience on the Team Kentucky Bourbon Stage, joined by special guests including “the world’s leading bourbon authority” Fred Minnick.

Spirits Talent

Brandon Smith - @thedailydram on Instagram, dramandoak.com Caleb Kilburn - Head Distiller, Kentucky Peerless Distilling® Co. Campbell P. Brown - Chair of the Board, Brown-Forman Corporation Carrie Van Winkle Greener - Co-Founder, Pappy & Company Chad & Sara Perkins - It’s Bourbon Night YouTube channel

Chris Blandford - Adult Beverage Field Specialist for Kentucky, Southern Indiana, and Southern Illinois, Kroger Dan Callaway - Vice President, Hospitality & Product Development, Bardstown Bourbon Company® Fred Minnick - Bourbon Authority, Kentucky Derby Museum, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, "American Spirit” columnist, critic, and contributing editor for Whisky Advocate Greg Fischer - Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky Heather Wibbels - “Cocktail Contessa” and Managing Director, Bourbon Women Ian Somerhalder & Paul Wesley - Brother’s Bond Bourbon Jennifer Vernia, Ph.D. - Quality Manager, Rabbit Hole® Distillery Jeremia & Anthony - @the_whisky_boys on Instagram, @ thewhiskyboys on TikTok John Waddell - Single Barrel Curator, Kentucky Peerless Distilling® Co., Co-Founder, Stave & Bean™ Coffee Joshua Roque - Brand Manager, Drew Estate Cigars Julian P. Van Winkle III - Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, Buffalo Trace® Distillery, James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional Linda Ruffenach - Founder, Whisky Chicks® Marianne Eaves - Eaves Blind Mark Ryan - L.A. Poche Perique Tobacco Nadia Haddrick - A Girl Tasting Whiskey Peggy Noe Stevens - Bourbon Women Rob Dietrich - Master Distiller & Blender, Blackened American Whiskey Rob Samuels - Managing Director, Maker’s Mark® Distillery Samara B. Davis - Founder/CEO/Chief Bourbon Enthusiast, Black Bourbon Society Trish Suhr - Emmy winner Clean House, Lifestyle Expert, Kentucky native Tyler Zoller - Louisville Bourbon Buzz Wes Henderson - Co-Founder, Louisville Distilling Company, Angel’s Envy Bars and Spirits Venues

• Kroger Big Bourbon Bar / B.B. Flats • Kentucky Distillers’ Association

Craft Bourbon Bar • Kroger Chris Picks MiniBar • Jim Beam Tiki Barrel Bar • Craft Beer Bar • The Bourbon Experience • The Silver Dollar Hunter’s Club • Speakeasy • The Highland Grounds Wine Garden • Blackened Presents The Whiskey Bar The Louisville Cocktail Competition LouisvilleCocktail.com

Bourbon & Beyond is the exclusive host of the final round of The Louisville Cocktail Competition. Five finalists will compete to create the “soon-to-be-infamous” The Louisville cocktail, infused with Kentucky bourbon and intended to represent the spirit of Louisville around the world. The judges tasked with discovering the next Old Fashioned caliber cocktail are Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, bourbon authority Fred Minnick, Black Bourbon Society Founder/ CEO Samara Davis, Chef Chris Santos, and Bourbon Women Founder Peggy Noe Stevens.

Music Headliners

Thursday, September 15 - Jack White, Alanis Morissette Friday, September 16 - Kings of Leon, Brandi Carlile Saturday, September 17 - Pearl Jam, Greta Van Fleet Sunday, September 18 - Chris Stapleton, The Doobie Brothers 50th-anniversary celebration featuring Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons, Tom Johnston, and John McFee. See the complete, updated Bourbon & Beyond music lineup at bourbonandbeyond.com/artists.

Various price levels for General Admission Weekend, Single Day, and Four Roses Four Pack Weekend GA Passes, along with Thursday, Friday, and Sunday MINT VIP, are going fast! As of late August, Saturday and Weekend MINT VIP and Weekend BEYOND VIP passes were already sold out. The Exacta Pass allows general admission to Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life, held on consecutive weekends, September 15-18 and September 22-25. Enjoy two full weekends (8 days!) of music at a great price break. Act quickly. You won’t want to miss out on this year’s bucket-list lineups and experiences. Visit bourbonandbeyond.com for more information and to purchase passes. Follow @ bourbonandbeyond on Facebook and Instagram and @BourbonNBeyond on Twitter. Engage on social media with #BourbonAndBeyond. Get in the spirit with the official Bourbon & Beyond 2022 Spotify playlist by Danny Wimmer Presents Spotify – Bourbon & Beyond 2022. •