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CONTENTS

Schedule ...... 3 Map ...... 4 Hotel Booking Checklist ...... 5 Bourbon To-Drink List ...... 6 Andy’s Mini Bourbon Lesson ...... 7

Statue of Booker Noe at the Jim Beam Distillery Page 2 2013 I HEART BOURBON TOUR

SCHEDULE

Thursday, Sept. 19 Sunday, Sept. 22 Tours: Jim Beam, Louisville Slugger Tours: Heaven Hill, Willett, Maker’s Factory. Drinks/Food: Down One Mark. Bourbon Bar. Friday, Sept. 20 Monday, Sept. 23 Tours: Buffalo Trace, Woodford Head home. Rest. Liver recovery. See Reserve, Town Branch. Dinner/ you next year! Drinking in Lexington. Saturday, Sept. 21 Tuesday, Sept. 24 Tours: Wild Turkey, Four Roses. This day for rent. Bourbon Festival!!! Dinner and bourbon flights at Old Talbott Tavern. Maybe a ghost tour? NINE Distillery Tours! Bonus Stuff but the drive isn’t too terrible. This will be a trip to remember and Since we’re in Louisville that first This year, I figgered we’d get to brag about. You will see NINE day, it seems appropriate to tour the hotels along the way so we wouldn’t different distilleries in rapid succession Louisville Slugger factory, no? You can have to drive back and forth and way over the long bourbon weekend. purchase a customized bat to out and back for certain tours. The route for the tour has been commemorate your 2013 bourbon Thursday, our first night, we stay in designed to maximize time at the adventure. I know I will. Louisville. Friday night we stay in distilleries without rushing us around There is a new speakeasy in Lexington. Saturday night we stay in and tiring us out. Louisville called, “Down One Bourbon Bardstown, and on Sunday night we’re Jim Beam is about half-way Bar” and it got excellent reviews online back in Louisville so it’s easy to get to between Louisville and Bardstown. To from some of the bourbon bloggers. the airport early, in case some of the make it easy for everyone to hang out So, why not have dinner and drinks Arizonans want to get to work by 9:30 together (Arizona contingent and there on our first night to prime our AM, thanks to timezone zaniness. Nashville crew), it made more sense to livers for the long bourbon weekend get that one out of the way first so that ahead? at the end of the tour, the Nashville Saturday night at the Bourbon troupe could hit Maker’s Mark and Festival means dinner and flights of then head home if they wanted, since bourbon at the Old Talbott Tavern. they’d be well south of Bardstown at Abraham Lincoln ate and stayed that distillery. there and the burgoo is AWESOME! I Evan Williams is on the official list think it’s haunted, as well. Bonus. of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, but it Hotel Hopping looks like their new visitor center in Last year, Dan and Ritch and I Louisville is not going to be open until stayed at a hotel in Elizabethtown, Fall, so we may not get our 2013 southwest of Bardstown. We had to Bourbon Trail Passports completely travel back and forth between the filled out. Sorry. two towns each day. Kinda tedious,

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I Heart Bourbon Trail Map

Thursday, Sept. 19 Friday, Sept. 20 Saturday, Sept. 21 Sunday, Sept. 22

A Louisville Int’l Airport F Buffalo Trace K Wild Turkey P Heaven Hill 600 Terminal Dr. 113 Great Buffalo Trace 1417 Versailles Road 1311 Gilkey Run Road Louisville, KY 40209 Frankfort, KY Lawrenceburg, KY 40342 Bardstown, KY 40004

B Jim Beam G Woodford Reserve L Four Roses Q Willett 526 Happy Hollow Rd. 7855 McCracken Pike 1224 Bonds Mill Road 1869 Loretto Road Clermont, KY 40110 Versailles, KY 40383 Lawrenceburg, KY 40342 Bardstown, KY 40004

C Louisville Slugger H Town Branch M Kentucky Bourbon Festival R Maker’s Mark 800 West Main St. 401 Cross Street Court Square 3350 Burkes Spring Rd. Louisville, KY 40202 Lexington, KY 40508 Bardstown, KY 40004 Loretto, KY 40037

D Down One Bourbon Bar I Lexington Dinner Place N Old Talbott Tavern S Louisville Marriott East 321 Main St. TBD 107 W. Steph. Foster Ave. 1903 Embassy Sq. Blvd. Louisville, KY 40202 Lexington, KY 40508 Bardstown, KY 40004 Louisville, KY 40299

E Louisville Marriott East J SpringHill Suites O Howard Johnson Inn 1903 Embassy Sq. Blvd. 863 S. Broadway 1875 New Haven Rd. Louisville, KY 40299 Lexington, KY 40504 Bardstown, KY 40004

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TO-DO NAME PHONE/DATE RATE

Louisville Marriott East 502.491.1184 ❏ 1903 Embassy Square Blvd. Thurs., Sept. 19 & $164/night ($82 each) Louisville, Kentucky 40299 Sun., Sept. 22

SpringHill Suites (by Marriott) 866.538.0351 $104/night ($52 each) ❏ 863 S Broadway Fri., Sept. 20 Lexington, KY 40504

Howard Johnson Inn 866.925.1058 ❏ 1875 New Haven Rd $85/night ($43 each) Bardstown, KY, 40004 Sat., Sept. 21

The Concept in the East End of Louisville The idear here is to pair up featuring Charr'd Restaurant to save some coin for more and Bourbon themed important things, like, say, amenities. ...Charr'd, a full bourbon and, oh, I dunno, service restaurant, offers a bourbon. To keep the logistics variety of breakfast, lunch, and simple, if we all get rooms in dinner options. The Bar the same hotels along the trail, features a stop on the Urban there will be fewer intoxicated Bourban Trail.” cats to herd. If you want to They told me over the bunk alone, that’s cool. Book phone they have something away. Makes no nevermind. like 127 different bourbons on For your convenience... hand. SCORE! To make this as painless SpringHill Suites as possible, the hotels are “...A breath of fresh air. listed above along with the Just miles from the Bluegrass phone numbers and dates you Airport (LEX), minutes from need for booking. I threw in the Downtown Lexington or the addresses and rates as bonus University of Kentucky, this number 14 or something. smart and stylish all-suite hotel Might be 15. offers a fresh perspective that As another bonus, yet, still, turns everyday trips into also, you get little swanky, memorable experiences.” shadowed checkboxes so that Howard Johnson Inn you can easily check off the Eh. What can I say? It’s a hotels as you book them. HoJo in a tiny town in the Louisville Marriott East middle of Kentucky. At least it’s “The only 4-Diamond, in Bardstown near the festival, Bourbon themed hotel located FWIW.

Page 5 2013 I HEART BOURBON TOUR Bourbon To-Drink List So many bourbons, so little time This page is to help you keep track of all of the bourbons you will have had by the end of your 2013 I Heart Bourbon Tour. This is by no means an exhaustive list of bourbons, of course, but it’s a good start and a way to brag to your friends that you’ve been around in bourbon circles. (sb = small batch, sr = single , w = wheated)

❏ 1792 Ridgemont Reserve (sb) ❏ Henry McKenna ❏ Pappy Van Winkle's Family ❏ Ancient Age ❏ Henry McKenna (sr) Reserve 20-year ❏ Angel’s Envy ❏ Hirsch (sb) Reserve ❏ Pappy Van Winkle's Family ❏ Baker’s (sb) ❏ Hirsch 21-year Reserve 23-year ❏ Basil Hayden’s (sb) ❏ Hudson Baby Bourbon ❏ Parker’s Heritage Collection ❏ Bernheim (w) ❏ Hudson Four Grain ❏ Prichard’s Double Barreled ❏ Black Maple Hill (sb) ❏ I. W. Harper ❏ Pure Kentucky XO (sb) ❏ Blanton’s (sr) ❏ J. T. S. Brown ❏ Rebel Reserve ❏ Blue State Bourbon ❏ J. W. Dant ❏ Rebel Yell ❏ Booker’s (sb) ❏ Jefferson’s ❏ Red Stag ❏ Bourbon Supreme ❏ Jefferson’s Presidential Select ❏ Red State Bourbon ❏ Buck 8-year (17-year) ❏ Rittenhouse 21-year ❏ Buffalo Trace ❏ Jefferson’s Presidential Select ❏ Rock Hill Farms (sr) ❏ Buffalo Trace Experimental (18-year) ❏ Rowan’s Creek (sb) ❏ Bulleit Bourbon ❏ Jim Beam 4-year ❏ Russell’s Reserve ❏ Bushmill’s ❏ Jim Beam 8-year ❏ Russell’s Reserve (sr) ❏ Cabin Still ❏ Johnny Drum ❏ Sam Houston ❏ Chestnut Farms ❏ Kentucky Gentleman ❏ T. W. Samuels ❏ Copper City ❏ Kentucky Tavern ❏ Tom Moore ❏ Corner Creek ❏ Kentucky Vintage (sb) ❏ Town Branch ❏ Daniel Stewart ❏ Knob Creek (sb) ❏ Van Winkle 12-year (Lot B) ❏ David Nicholson 1843 ❏ Knob Creek (sr) ❏ Very Old Barton ❏ Eagle Rare 17-year (sr) ❏ Larceny ❏ Vintage Bourbon ❏ Early Times 354 ❏ Maker’s 46 (sb, w) ❏ W.L. Weller (w) ❏ Echo Springs ❏ Maker’s Mark (sb, w) ❏ W.L. Weller Special Reserve ❏ Elijah Craig 12-year (sb) ❏ Mattingly & Moore ❏ Wathen’s (sr) ❏ Elijah Craig 18-year (sr) ❏ McAfee’s Benchmark ❏ Wild Turkey ❏ Elijah Craig 20-year (sr) ❏ Michter’s 25-year (sr) ❏ Wild Turkey 81 ❏ Elijah Craig Barrel Strength ❏ Michter’s US 1 (sb) ❏ Wild Turkey 101 ❏ Elmer T. Lee (sr) ❏ Noah’s Mill (sb) ❏ Wild Turkey’s Kentucky Spirit ❏ Evan Williams ❏ Old Bardstown ❏ Wild Turkey Rare Breed ❏ Evan Williams 1783 ❏ Old Charter 8-year ❏ Wild Turkey Russel’s Reserve ❏ Evan Williams Bottled-In-Bond ❏ Old Charter 10-year ❏ Willett Family Reserve (sr) ❏ Evan Williams (sr) ❏ Old Crow ❏ Willett Pot Still Reserve (sr) ❏ Ezra Brooks ❏ Old Ezra 101 ❏ Woodford Reserve (sb) ❏ Ezra Brooks (sr) ❏ Old Fitzgerald (w) ❏ Woodford Reserve Double Oaked ❏ Fighting Cock ❏ Old Forester ❏ Woodford Reserve Master’s Coll. ❏ Four Roses ❏ Old Grand-Dad ❏ Yellowstone ❏ Four Roses (sb) ❏ Old Heaven Hill ❏ Four Roses (sr) ❏ Old Pogue (sb) ❏ George T. Stagg ❏ Old Rip Van Winkle (w) ❏ Hancock’s President’s ❏ Old Rip Van Winkle Handmade Reserve (sr) ❏ Old Taylor ❏ Heaven Hill ❏ Pappy Van Winkle (w) Page 6 2013 I HEART BOURBON TOUR

Bourbon Cool stuff to know

There is so much ✓ Mash bill is at least 51% proof will lower. information about corn What does “small bourbon that it’s difficult ✓ Distilled to no more than batch” and/or “single barrel” to capture the Cliff’s Notes 160º proof (80% really mean? First, let’s of it all in a page or two, alcohol) define “single barrel:” It’s but here goes... ✓ Put into barrel at no exactly what it sounds like. All bourbon is whiskey, more than 125º proof Bourbon in a bottle that is but not all whiskey is (62.5% alcohol) (may be filled from one single barrel bourbon. cut with water) is single barrel bourbon. Contrary to urban ✓ Rules say bourbon must Small batch bourbon comes legends, bourbon does not be aged in brand new, from mixing a small number have to be made only in unused, charred (not of versus hundreds Bourbon County or in toasted) white oak or thousands of barrels Kentucky. It can be made barrels, but do not say before the bourbon goes anywhere in the Continental for how long Finished in Port Win Barrels into the bottle. United States. In fact, it is ✓ “Straight” bourbon Bourbon gets its color the official spirit of the must be aged a Today, there are more and quite a bit of its flavor minimum of two (2) barrels aging in the bourbon from the charred oak. As the years warehouses of Kentucky temperatures in the ✓ Age must be noted on than there are people in that warehouse fluctuate with bottle if less than 4 state. Lucky people. the weather and the years old Used bourbon barrels seasons, the bourbon picks ✓ Must not have any are reused for products like up those colors and flavors added color or flavoring Scotch, , Tabasco as it moves in and out of the ✓ May not be blended sauce, and . Some wood. (with other grain spirits, are used for planters and Continue to next page other than bourbon) furniture, as well. for the process... ✓ Must be bottled “” is considered between 80º to 125º the Scottish spelling. proof (40% to 62.5% Prohibition lasted from alcohol) 1922 to 1933. It was dumb. ✓ If the age is stated on The government forces Maker’s Mark Tail Box the bottle, it must be distillers to build their that of the youngest warehouses a certain way to United States by declaration bourbon in the bottle protect the immense tax of Congress in 1965. ✓ To be called, “Kentucky stream sitting in them. The official rules can be Bourbon,” it must have found in CFR Title 27, a Barrels higher up in the aged a minimum of one warehouse give off more section titled, “Standards of (1) year and one (1) day water than alcohol. thus Identity.” in the State of Kentucky their proof increases. Barrels Here is the breakdown lower in the warehouse can of the bourbon rules: pick up moisture and their Woodford Reserve Stills

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Grains before milling at Maker’s Mark Still at Four Roses Filled Barrels at Woodford Reserve

The basic, high-level steps for 5. The low wine is then distilled into which allows him to “grab” a little making bourbon are pretty “high wine” in the “doubler.” The bourbon and drop it into a glass. straightforward: high wine is at about 135º proof Once the master distiller feels a 1. Grains are milled and placed in (67.5% yeast pee). barrel is ready for the bottle, the cooker with water (typically the 6. The high wine is then pumped into barrel is removed from the iron-free, limestone-filtered water a holding tank where it must be warehouse and emptied. If they’re from the springs and creeks near cut with more branch water, as it making a “single barrel” bourbon, the distillery) and some of the must enter the barrels for aging at one barrel will fill bottles. If they’re previous batch, or “sour no more than 125º proof, or 62.5% making a “small batch” bourbon, a mash” (sometimes called the “set yeast pee. small number of other barrels will back”), and then cooked. 7. The the or “white be combined or blended and then 2. The cooked mash is put into the dog” or “white lightening” or bottled. fermenter along with yeast. “” is pumped into 10. Now, if you’re Maker’s Mark, this is 3. Over the next handful of days, the brand new, charred, white oak where you dip the necks of the yeast chow down on the sugars in barrels to be aged for a minimum bottles in the famous red wax. the mash, heat it up, fart CO2, pee of two years. You’ll learn all about the story alcohol and turn the mash into 8. The barrels are placed in behind the Maker’s Mark “distiller’s beer.” warehouses that are designed to marketing on their tour, of course. 4. The distiller’s beer, which is the allow mother nature to run the 11. We buy it and drink it! grains and all, is then distilled in a climate control. Some distillers column still and out of its move the barrels around during You’ll learn so many more little condenser you get “low wine” with aging. details about making bourbon on the no grains. Low wine is roughly 9. The master distiller samples tours, of course. There are so many 125º proof (62.5% yeast pee). bourbon directly from a barrel with excellent stories and little factoids that a tool called a “whiskey thief,” it’s really hard to remember them all, if

Fermenter at Four Roses High Wine from Condenser Maker’s Mark Bottling Line Page 8