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Carla Carlton

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As seen in: Bourbon+, GlobeNewswire, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Food & Dining, Alcohol Professor, The Bourbon Review, Kentucky Monthly, Evansville Living
Editor-in-Chief of Bourbon+ and author of "Barrel-Strength Bourbon: The Explosive Growth of America's Whiskey," "Still Life" and "Spirited Perfection."
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Marjorie Mae Checks Out

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By Carla Carlton Verified
| Kentucky Monthly Verified
In 1957, Kentucky had more bookmobiles than any other state in the country. But only one of them was haunted. Marjorie Mae Crawford stood shivering in the parking lot of Little Flock Baptist Church. The early April breeze still carried the sharp edge of winter; it took spring a while to travel up the hollers in Sturgill. But Marjorie Mae hardly noticed the weather. She trembled with excitement as she strained for her first glimpse of the bookmobile.
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Amateur Hour: H2-Whoa! Magically Transform the Whiskey in Your Glass

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By Carla Carlton Verified, Victor Sizemore
| Bourbon+ Verified
Article by Carla Carlton; Photograph by Victor Sizemore Some so-called purists insist that you should never add a splash of water to your whiskey, claiming all that does is dilute the spirit. Not so! Adding water can actually change the flavor in your glass, and in some cases, enhance it. I discovered this while helping a local liquor store make its single-barrel bourbon picks. When you do a barrel selection, the distillery typically draws the whiskey directly from several barrels.
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Simply The Greatest

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By Carla Carlton Verified
| Evansville Living Verified
Kentucky museum celebrates Muhammad Ali Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published in the July/August 2016 issue of Evansville Living magazine. Up close, the rectangular ceramic tiles that wrap the exterior of the Muhammad Ali Center appear to be arranged in random abstract patterns. But from a distance — as you drive past the downtown Louisville, Kentucky museum on Interstate 64, for instance — the patterns resolve into images of Ali.
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