As y'all may have noticed, the hemp industry is growing throughout the U.S. and is now even hitting home right here in the bluegrass state.  Ya know, Kentucky was once one of the leading hemp producing state in the country before the banning of the crop, and one of the coolest outcomes so far are …

Ever wish you had the help of Abe Lincoln to prevent those pesky condensation rings from ruining your nice wooden furniture?  Well now you can, with these kick-ass Commonwealth coasters!  Rest your sweating beverages on the faces of Kentucky legends, such as Happy Chandler, Jesse Stuart, Abe Lincoln and Daniel Boone!  These coasters were designed and …

The new bourbon documentary that looks as good as bourbon tastes

AJ Hochhalter makes music for movies. And every time he goes to a film festival he makes sure to bring along a nice bottle of bourbon. It's a celebratory thing. It's also a matter of pride. He's Kentucky bred, still lives and works …

Iconic enough that anyone "in the know" needn't elaborate with excessive descriptors. For those uninformed, it refers to the name and number of the Highway that stretches from Michigan down to Alabama and (more specifically) the 690 miles that are home to the "World's Largest Yard Sale." The annual event began in '87 …

I thought it would be more of a hush-hush kind of situation. I thought I'd be getting frisked and putting on a hazmat suit and coughing up a lot of identification for some square jaw in mirrored aviator shades.
 
The four-and-a-half acres of hemp I was going to check out is, after all, the first …