Alhough it might sound crazy, it’s hard to point to one particular “bourbon heritage” during Christmastime in Kentucky. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, heritage means “the traditions, achievements, beliefs, etc., that are part of the history of a group or nation.”

But frankly, bourbon is more like an expectation, akin to salt and pepper on a dinner table. You know it’ll be on the bar, at a table, in a cocktail or candy in a Kentucky home. It’s not heritage for us, it just is.

Part of my wife’s family heritage is to make enchiladas from scratch at Christmas.…