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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 21/07/2026

First time at The Melroy! Private, members-only club in downtown Lexington, hosting a luxurious private event. #Bourbon

Tim Knittel in a vest and tie in front of a decorative glass table with 5 spirits including the following Bourbons: Larceny, Buffalo Trace, two different Woodford Reserve products, New Riff. Ther is also a mini still, mini bourbon barrel, barrel stave new spirit and premium mixing water.

Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 03/11/2025

Not much gets more Kentucky than a Bourbon tasting at Keeneland November sales to promote a horse "Whiskey Decision" www.instagram.com/reel/DQmR7Bm...

Screen shot of video on Instagram that shows Tim Knittel of Distilled Living doing a bourbon tasting for Keeneland's race horse sales. Post made by Taylor Made Farm that says "Raise a glass for Hip 191 WHISKEY
DECISION E! Join us at @keenelandsales Barn 3 to enjoy a whiskey tasting and the opportunity to see this gorgeous filly!
#taylormadesales"

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 22/10/2025

Distilled Living, through our VBarrels Co program, was delighted to assist Equip Expo with producing their own KY #Bourbon to celebrate their 42nd year of the show. Sampling today for two hours only (and not available for sale). Triple gold winner! 🥃

Two bottles of bourbon labeled “equip expo backyard blend” in a conference hall with big glass windows behind it

Sign that says “Equip Expo 2026
Private Label
Bourbon
That's right. We're crafting our very own Bourbon, again. Now, we need your help pairing it with the perfect name.”

And the Louisville Tourism sign and setup in the distance

Tim Knittel of Distilled Living standing with the barrel at the Louisville tourism sign

Emblem from the 2024 MLSA
COMPETITION
For TRIPLE GOLD® MEDAL

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 17/10/2025

Bourbon samples & small bites along with good conversations were had. Cheers! 🥃

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 16/10/2025

9 Distilleries were set up and ready fairly early before tonight’s event at Midway University. There was a very calm moment before the guests arrived. 🥃 #Bourbon #events

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 20/08/2025

Thanks to PRA for selecting Distilled Living to help present some education about fine Kentucky Bourbon at Hotel Distil in Louisville KY during a private event for Kia. - Cheers! 🥃 #Bourbon #Events

Tim Knittel standing outside behind some signs for How to Nose and taste basics as well as a flavor wheel and a mini copper still showing at the bottom of the image.

Rooftop bar setup with a green wall, neon whiskey tasting sign, bourbon grains and mini copper still as well as signs off to the right of the bar.

Closeup of the menu "Hotel Distil's Bourbon Experience" with the bourbons "Knob Creek, Four Roses Single Barrel, Woodford Reserve Double Oaked, Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Whiskey" in a display on top of the outdoor bar with a japanese jigger and the green wall with neon whiskey tasting sign.

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 10/07/2025

🥃 AI on the Rocks — We joined VirtuIT Systems & Dell Technologies to explore real-world AI use cases paired with a guided #BourbonTasting by Distilled Living. Tech talks are smoother with a side of storytelling & a good pour. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li…

A collage from VirtuIT - Screen shot of the virtual event with a person wearing a vest and tie holding a bourbon glass. Screen shot from the event showing Dell + Hugging Face Enterprise Hub. And presenter from VirtuIT.

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 03/06/2025

Distilled Living is proud to have helped bring this Bourbon to life! We worked with Equip Exposition to source barrels to their specification, provided palate training for the barrel selection, and managed bottling and route-to-market to produce this custom-label Bourbon just for them.

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Equip Exposition to Debut Inaugural Bourbon - Fred Minnick

Equip Exposition announced its inaugural small batch bourbon, Equip Reserve 42: Backyard Blend, which will debut at Equip Exposition.

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 29/05/2025

"Excited to step into the role of GM at Oxmoor Bourbon Co AND Distilled Living is still going strong! This new position is a great complement to my ongoing work and I’m looking forward to advancing bourbon culture, education, and hospitality through both roles." — Tim Knittel

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 03/05/2025

What does it take to fuel a Derby Eve gala? Try hundreds of bottles, expert licensing, flawless timing—and logistics that doesn’t miss a drop. 📦🥃 When bourbon is the star, the backstage hustle has to be just as smooth. #Bourbon #EventLogistics #unbridledeve

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 02/05/2025

The biggest Oaks night party in Louisville is about to get started! 🎉🥃 #unbridledeve #kyderby

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 02/05/2025

🥃 Guests crush (ice) & garnished their way through two of Kentucky’s most iconic cocktails at our Mint Julep & Lily station — all guided by the experts at Distilled Living. Cheers to a Derby season done right! 🐎 #MintJulep #LilyCocktail #KentuckyDerby #BourbonEvents

Person (Josh England) in front of a set of windows overlooking Louisville Kentucky. In the background is a giant Mint Julep prop, crushed ice with scoop in a canvas bag, wood mallets in an ice bin, silver julep cups, lemons and fresh mint. Josh is wearing a vest, tie, button-up shirt and glasses.

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 07/03/2025

Exciting news: Distilled Living has just wrapped filming a #Bourbon #Documentary at historic Oxmoor Farm w/ Fokel Films! Kentucky Bourbon – the product, industry, and culture – is used as a lens to explore the beauty, resilience, and contradictions of American identity.

Behind the scenes photo with people standing in a room with tall ceilings and bookshelves. Lighting rigs for filming light the space and people are standing around between interviews.

Tim Knittel and Brian Booth selfie from the filming

Two more behind the scenes photos with people and filming equipment

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 18/01/2025

I’m sure we’ll be able to get you some samples 😉 and definitely hope you can join for the next release!

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 18/01/2025

Exactly 105 yrs after the bottling of the 1st Oxmoor KY Whiskey Private Stock, I’m proud to be a part of the release of Oxmoor Kentucky #Bourbon Vol 4 8 Yr Single Barrel! After the release at this evening’s launch party, it will be available exclusively for purchase to Oxmoor Bourbon tour guests.

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 27/10/2024

Thanks to Bluegrass Concierge for selecting us to provide the #Bourbon education & mixology experiences for a recent private party. This was our 1st 'Bourbon walk through the woods.' Special thanks to the hostess for the creative vision for the event utilizing the woodland paths around her home. 🥃

Executive Bourbon Stewards Tim Knittel and Shell Rapier nicely dressed in a wooded area.

Make your own old fashioned cocktail featuring a seletction of scrappy's bitters flavors (aromatic, chocolate, ginger and a few others), monin symple syrup, full bottle of 1792 bourbon on a fall themed table cloth.

Table in a wooded area with a plaid flannel table cloth and h'ors d'oeurves with a decorative candelabra , roses, and bottle of Knob Creek Rye Whiskey and bottled water. A few pumpkins as decor.

Executive bourbon steward Shell Rapier smiling at the camera with her sunglasses on holding a bottle of Knob Creek Rye Whiskey single barrel select, 115 proof.

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 26/10/2024

@tim-knittel.com is in Louisville Kentucky tonight for more bourbon related work but he brought back some photos from his event in Indiana. It’s been a long week! Hope you have something good in your glass. 🥃

Tim Knittel behind a bar holding a glass of bourbon with another of our micro distiller displays set up on the bar top with the triple sip sign, and flavor wheel graphic.

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 24/10/2024

While Tim Knittel is presenting at a corporate event in Indiana, Distilled Living is also here in Kentucky with a casual walk-up bourbon tasting bar & micro distillery display. Executive Bourbon Steward Shell Rapier will guide guests through Kentucky bourbons with this interactive setup. 🥃 Cheers!

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 17/09/2024

We’re excited to join the #worldbourbontoast & raise a glass of our favorite spirit to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail®. Cheers to Kentucky Bourbon, the people who make it great, & those who enjoy it all around the world! - Tim Knittel, founder of Distilled Living

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and we were #1,631! (@hilarybaumann.com)

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 15/09/2024

The #KYBourbonFestival 2024 is officially wrapped! Thank you from the Distilled Living team who's been serving up your premium cocktails & experiences in the VIP Tent all weekend! Tim, Hilary, Medrena, Josh, Shell, Dan, Lou, Eric, Brian, Trent, Lauren, Sisi, Neil, Oliver, Greg Cheers! 🥃

Large Group of people in beach attire in front of an event bar in a tent.

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 15/09/2024

Day 3 of the #kybourbonfestival in the VIP tent Our team is ready to serve premium cocktails for Bourbon on the Beach! 🏖️

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 14/09/2024

🍿🥃🎪 #kybourbonfest #kybourbonfestival 🔊audio on (I will transcribe in the comments later)

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 14/09/2024

Let the Circus begin! #kybourbonfestival day 2 in the VIP tent Award winning Bartender Alex who’s also a Stilt-walker & @tim-knittel.com as ringmaster! We have a whole cocktail circus going on in this tent today! 🎪

Alex Morgan on stilts Tim Knittel as the ring master

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 13/09/2024

KY Bourbon Festival time! 🥃 In our VIP Tent, we have different themes and games each day! ⛳️🏌️Friday: Bourbon Par-tee 🎪🎟️Saturday: Bourbon Big Top 🌊🏝️Sunday: Bourbon on the Beach Activation design @distilled-living.com & @fascinationdesign.com

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 13/09/2024

A little preview of where we’ll be for the next 3 days!! Bourbon! 🥃 #kybourbonfestival

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 05/05/2024

SIMPLE SYRUP BATCH RECIPE: Ingredients: • 1 cup water • 1 cup sugar we prefer cane sugar/raw sugar to beet sugar for this Instructions: • Combine in a small saucepan & heat until fully dissolved • cool before using and store in the refrigerator 4/4

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 05/05/2024

Instructions: • Salt the rim of your glass. • Combine in shaker over ice:- 2oz Bourbon- 1oz Lime juice- 1oz and a dash Simple Syrup Vigorously shake for 10-20 seconds. • Strain into glass. • Enjoy! 3/4

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 05/05/2024

Ingredients • 1.5-2 oz 90+ proof Bourbon - Old Forester works well & is easy to find though MANY other bourbons will also work • 1 oz Lime juice fresh if possible • 1+ oz Simple Syrup* recipe below • Ice • Salt for the glass rim 2/4

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 05/05/2024

Derby 🐎 is over just in time to Celebrate #CincoDeMayo ! How about a Bourbon-rita? 🍹🥃 #Margarita #Bourbon Swap tequila for bourbon in your Margarita this year and discover a whole new level of flavor. Here’s our BOURBON-RITA RECIPE: 1/4

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 04/05/2024

Add: • 1 t grated dark chocolate Stir and while continuing to stir, pour into Collins or other tall glass filled with crushed ice. • Slap mint spring and insert, add straw and serve! #kentuckyderby #kyderby #louisville #louisvilleky #Churchilldowns #bourbon #mint Julep #creamcocktail 4/4

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 04/05/2024

Add and re-shake: • 2 oz rye whiskey or high-rye Bourbon (we used Lexington favorite James E Pepper 1776 Rye whiskey) • Double strain using a Hawthorne plus fine mesh strainer into a cocktail stirring or other large glass. 3/4

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 04/05/2024

MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP CREAM JULEP RECIPE: Briefly shake: • lower leaves from a mint spring (use a gentle mint like KY Colonel or spearmint, not peppermint) • hard ice • 3/4 oz simple syrup • 1 oz heavy cream • 1 t grated dark chocolate • 2/4

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 04/05/2024

Looking for a twist on the classic Mint Julep? Ever tried a Mint Chocolate Chip Cream Julep? IF you already have everything for a Mint Julep, you just need a bar of chocolate & heavy cream. Perfect for a sweet escape. 🍫🥃 1/4

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 03/05/2024

As the Kentucky Derby approaches, join Tim Knittel, the official bourbon ambassador of Churchill Downs, to master the art of the Mint Julep. 🥇🥃 Learn the secret: gently press the mint to release the oils for the perfect Julep. 🍃🥃 Watch here: youtu.be/H-feh_xvsSs #kentuckyderby #kyderby

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Masterful Mixology: Woodford Reserve Spire and Mint Julep - YouTube

In preparation for the Kentucky Derby, the Official Bourbon Ambassador of Churchill Downs Tim Knittel shares two of his favorite bourbon cocktail recipes - W...

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 03/05/2024

• Stir until cup frosts. • Slap mint and insert. • Add straw and serve. 3/3

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 03/05/2024

THE PERFECT MINT JULEP RECIPE: Ingredients • 1.5 oz Kentucky #Bourbon • ¾ oz simple syrup • KY Colonel mint or other mint • Crushed ice Instructions • Brush mint leaves in julep cup and discard. • Fill cup with ice, add ¾ oz simple syrup & 1.5 oz bourbon. 2/3

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 03/05/2024

🍃 Dive into the history of the Mint Julep, the quintessential Derby drink. This cocktail, simple in ingredients but complex in craft, has become a symbol of Southern hospitality & racing tradition. Did you know? The #MintJulep was originally a breakfast cocktail! Cheers! 🥃 1/3

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 01/05/2024

🥃 Tasting notes: Nose: pronounced wheat & grains, dry oak, complex fruit dominated by apricot w/ hints of lime & orange blossom Taste: Dry grains & toast, dry tobacco, black pepper, clove Finish: Lingering, starts w/ tobacco, then the sweet note rises with a return of apricot & other stone fruit

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 01/05/2024

🥃 Join us THURSDAY, MAY 2, 3PM-8PM at Oliver’s Chop House #louisvilleky for a bottle signing of “Starting Gate” from the "Thoroughbred Collection"! This LIMITED RELEASE OF 168 BOTTLES was handpicked from the private barrel collection of Tim Knittel, Official Bourbon Ambassador of Churchill Downs.🐎

Photos of a Bourbon bottle with decorative label and a glencairn glass filled with Bourbon

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 28/10/2023

Bluegrass Spirits Movie is now available for streaming in time for this SPIRITED holiday weekend! A Bourbon based drama with a paranormal twist. 🥃 www.amazon.com/Bluegrass-Sp...

Screen shot of movie listing with Amazon.

(Tim Knittel, founder of Distilled Living provided bourbon industry technical consulting for this feature film.)

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Hilary Baumann 💻 🥃 @hilarybaumann.com · 15/09/2023

First post (likely) for bluesky of the #kybourbonfestival @distilled-living.com in the VIP tent. 3 stations & lots of signs and activation setup by my main company @fascinationdesign.com Let’s get this started!! CHEERS!🥃

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 13/05/2023

Instructions Dry shake: • 1 farm egg white • ½ oz honey syrup (1:1) • ½ oz lavender-infused simple syrup • 1 oz lemon juice Add: • 2 oz Maker’s Mark bourbon • Ice • Wet shake. • Strain into rock glass over fresh ice. • Garnish with lavender sprig.

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 13/05/2023

Ingredients • 1 farm egg white • ½ oz honey syrup 1:1 • ½ oz lavender-infused simple syrup • 1 oz lemon juice • 2 oz Maker’s Mark bourbon • ice

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 13/05/2023

🍹 Happy World Cocktail Day! 🌍 Indulge in the exquisite flavors of a Lavender Bourbon Sour Cocktail for an elegant twist on a classic favorite. 🌿🥃 🌸✨ Cheers! Recipe below OR: distilled-living.com/2018/03/31/hon…

Photo of a lavendar bourbon sour in coupe glass.

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Distilled-Living.com 🥃 Bourbon Events @distilled-living.com · 06/05/2023

As part of experience design, logistics and compliance support at the Unbridled Eve Gala, we helped create this amazing experience with Whiskey Thief offering delicious Old Fashioneds and Bourbon & Branch cocktails thiefed right from the barrels! 🥃

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