Interview with Carla Carlton, April 19, 2021

Project: Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project

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Carla Carlton is an editor, journalist, author, blogger, and bourbon lover. In this interview she talks about her childhood in Louisville, Kentucky and her grandmother working in the bourbon industry. She explains her personal experience with bourbon in college after growing up in a teetotaler household. She talks about her college education and working at the Louisville Courier-Journal for almost 20 years, being the Editor in Chief for Bourbon + Magazine, Director of Executive and Advancement Communications at Bellarmine University, and being a member of Bourbon Women. She explains why and how she wrote the book "Barrel Strength Bourbon," the e-book "Still Life," and her blog "The Bourbon Babe." She gives her advice on a good work-life balance and mentoring.

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2021oh0262_bikw0004

Interviewee Name

Carla Carlton

Interviewer Name

Sharah Kling

Interview Date

2021-04-19

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Carlton, Carla Interview by Sharah Kling. 19 Apr. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Carlton, C. (2021, April 19). Interview by S. Kling. Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Carlton, Carla, interview by Sharah Kling. April 19, 2021, Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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