Kentucky Boy Bourbon is one of the most talked-about new releases from the 2026 Kentucky Bourbon Festival — and this time, the story comes straight from the man it honors.
Bourbon expert Tom Fischer of BourbonBlog.com sits down with Brown-Forman Master Distiller Emeritus Chris Morris at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown to talk Kentucky Boy, the one-time, 100-proof bourbon created to celebrate Morris’s remarkable 50 years in American whiskey.
Kentucky Boy brings together the story of three celebrated whiskeys closely connected to Morris’s career:
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked — the double-barreled bourbon that helped create an entirely new style of American whiskey.
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon — the annual vintage-dated limited release Morris helped introduce in 2002.
King of Kentucky — the historic Brown-Forman brand Morris helped bring back as one of the company’s most coveted limited bourbons.
Chris talks about what it was like to be surprised with Kentucky Boy, along with the remarkable career behind the bottle — from starting in Brown-Forman’s grain laboratory in 1976 and learning from Lincoln Henderson to helping shape Woodford Reserve, Old Forester Birthday Bourbon and the modern revival of King of Kentucky.
He also explains the history behind the Kentucky Boy name itself, a Brown-Forman whiskey label dating back generations.
It’s a quick, fun conversation about a rare bourbon, Kentucky whiskey history and one of the most influential careers in modern bourbon.
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Prefer the video? Watch the full Kentucky Boy Bourbon interview with Chris Morris on YouTube.
