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Straight, Or with a Splash of History IIDEA GGUIDE STRAIGHT , OR WITH A SPLASH OF HISTORY Lexington Visitors Center 215 West Main Street Lexington, KY 40507 However You Take It, A Bourbon Tour (859) 233-7299 or (800) 845-3959 www.visitlex.com of the Bluegrass Is a Spirited Good Time “Let dreamers whine/Of the pleasures of wine/For lovers of changed the course of bourbon history. (And don't forget soft delight/But this is the song/Of a tipple that's strong/For that famous hatchet-wielding temperance leader!) You'll men who must toil and fight./Now the drink of luck/For the also meet modern-day Kentuckians and Kentucky families man full of pluck/Is easy to nominate/It's the good old who continue the state's most spirited tradition. whiskey of old Kentuck/And you always drink it straight...” a 19th-century Kentucky poem, The Ballad of Whiskey Distillery Tours Straight. The heady aromas of yeast and grain; the glimmer of copper and steel tanks; the cool and almost eerie quiet of Tour a Bluegrass bourbon distillery and you'll not only warehouses where row upon row of wooden barrels stretch learn how bourbon is made, but you'll start to understand into the darkness... These are some of the sights, smells and why the “good old whiskey of old Kentuck” has inspired sensations of touring a bourbon distillery. pride, passion (and even poet - Six historic distilleries in ry) among Kentuckians. the Lexington area have regu - lar tour programs. Like the Bourbon is America's only Bluegrass Note: Whiskey was made as early as native spirit. And almost all medieval times by Irish and Scottish monks who distilled brands of bourbon they pro - bourbon— 95% according to grains in pursuit of a rejuvenating "water of life." In the duce, the distilleries them - the Kentucky Distillers early American colonies whiskey was made with rye and selves have distinct personali - Association — is produced in used as a medicine and a general aid to well-being. ties. Admission, how tours are Kentucky. Kentucky Kentucky settlers gave whiskey several new twists, handled, what the tour Bourbon is the number one beginning with corn, which was abundant since settlers includes, and the approaches spirit the US exports, with could claim 400 acres if they built a cabin and grew a to production vary from dis - $450 million in shipments patch of corn. As early as 1775, enterprising Kentuckians tillery to distillery. abroad in 2017. There are were making corn whiskey. (Today, by definition, bourbon Unless you're bringing a currently about 7.5 milllion is a whiskey made from a mash containing at least 51 group of ten or more, reserva - barrels aging in Kentucky percent corn.) By the mid-1800s Kentucky distillers had tions are not necessary. Bring warehouses. developed other distinguishing characteristics, such as your camera — you can take Like the story of aging the whiskey in charred new barrels and using sour all the photos you like. Kentucky itself, the story of mash starter to gain consistent high quality from batch to Children are welcome. The Kentucky bourbon began in batch. Some people credit the Bluegrass' limestone water tours involve a fair amount of the Bluegrass region. And with giving bourbon its smooth taste. walking, some of it outdoors, what a story it is: Visit distil - and stair-climbing, so wear leries, historic sites and other comfortable shoes. Your tour Bluegrass places with a bourbon connection and you'll group may include some international visitors. Along with encounter such fascinations as the “white dog” and the the United States, Australia, Japan and Germany are bour - “angel's share.” You'll hear how Kentuckians ranging from bon-loving countries, according to the Kentucky Distillers a cantankerous Baptist minister to a feisty school teacher Association. bourbon and bourbon mak - Bluegrass Note: Want to visit several The Woodford Reserve Distillery. This distilleries without the hassle of driving? ing at this site at the restored historic distillery in Woodford Arrange transportation through Horse and Kentucky River near County, is a showplace of the distiller's art Barrel Tours (859) 797-3605 and Mint Julep Lawrenceburg goes back to and Kentucky bourbon heritage. Tours (502) 583-1433. Taxi companies will the mid 19th-century. offer a flat rate for a day of visiting area dis - A small, picturesque distillery nestled tilleries. The tour you take today along Glenn's Creek at the site where Elijah reveals an intriguing combi - Pepper (one of the famous early Bluegrass nation of tradition and mod - distillers) set up his distillery in 1812, their tours give visi - ern mass production. In the fermentation room, 70-year- tors a sense of what bourbon making was like in the 1800s. old cypress tanks stand next to modern stainless steel ones. With its small-scale production, old-fashioned copper pot If you happen to run into Master Distiller Jimmy Russell in stills, longer fermenting and distilling time, and hand-bot - the warehouse and hear him talk about the time and per - tling, Woodford Reserve bourbon is made much as sonal effort that went into developing just the right mix of Pepper's bourbon was in the 1800s. aging for the “Rare Breed” barrel proof bourbon - “Jimmy's The tour, leisurely in pace and sprinkled with fascinat - pride and joy,” your guide explains - you're reminded that ing distilling history and terms, covers the process from many aspects of fine bourbon making will always be low sour mash starter to “farewell” (the residue of aroma left in tech. an empty barrel). The tour begins and ends at the Visitors Your visit begins and ends at the visitor center and gift Center, where a long porch offers a scenic overlook of the shop. You can take home everything from a keychain to an whole operation. A small bus transports you to the dis - amusing T-shirt to collector decanters featuring the Wild tillery buildings.The large gift shop includes a wide variety Turkey turkey. of Kentucky crafts. Tours are given Monday through Saturday on the The Woodford Reserve Distillery is open to visitors hours starting at 9 a.m. The last tour of the day is at 4 p.m. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays with Open seasonally on Sundays as well (March through tours on the hour starting at 10 a.m. with the last tour at 3 December) with the first tour at 11 a.m. and the last tour at p.m. Open seasonally on Sundays (March through 3 p.m. Closed on major holidays. In the summer months, December) with tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. These tours are the tour might not include the fermentation room. The $20. The Bourbon Legacy tour requires a reservation and “Barrel to Bottle” tour is $11; free to those under 21 and to is offered on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. Admission is $50. You members of the military with ID. can enjoy a gourmet lunch in the Glenn’s Creek Cafe from To get there from Lexington, take a scenic drive along 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and on Sundays US 60 West to Versailles, then US 62 West to the dis - from noon until 4 p.m. tillery near Lawrenceburg. The distillery is about 23 miles Set amid horse farms, Woodford Reserve is a scenic west of Lexington at 1417 Versailles Road. (502)-839-2182. drive from Lexington via US 60 (Versailles Road). Shortly after passing the US 60/Ky. 1685 intersection, turn left Buffalo Trace. Chicken isn't t he only Kentucky product onto Grassy Spring Road (3360); when the road dead ends that has resulted from a Colonel's secret recipe. At Buffalo turn right onto McCracken Pike. The Woodford Reserve Trace distillery, north of Frankfort, you'll see a statue of Distillery is on the left. (859) 879-1812. Albert Bacon Blanton. The son of Benjamin Blanton, who began making whiskey at this location along the Kentucky Wild Turkey Distillery. Although the Wild Turkey River in the late 1860s, Albert started working at the dis - brand of bourbon wasn't introduced until 1952 (supposedly tillery in 1897 at age 16. Over the next 55 years, “Colonel Blanton,” as he was called (reflecting his membership in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels), guided Buffalo Bluegrass Note: Bourbon making is full of colorful Trace through growth and modernization that made it one terms. The mash of fermenting grains is called “Beer.” After distilling, but before it is barreled, bourbon is of America's leading distilleries. clear, like vodka. At Wild Turkey Distillery they call this As you enter Buffalo Trace you’ll notice the stone Rock “white dog.” (The charring of the barrel adds the color Hill Mansion where Albert Blanton lived. A scenic court - through the aging process.) Most distilleries age their yard surrounds a picturesque log “Clubhouse” used for products four to 12 years. Each year of aging, about three percent of the bourbon in the barrel is lost to special events. The standard tour begins at the gift shop evaporation or to leaching into the barrel itself; this and includes a warehouse and a small bottling house where bourbon that disappears before bottling is called the distillery's popular “single-barrel” bourbons— the “angel's share.” Blanton's, Rock Hill Farms, Hancock's Reserve and Elmer T. Lee — are bottled and sealed by hand. Buffalo Trace named because the hunting partners of then- company introduced the single-barrel bourbon concept in 1984. As president Thomas McCarthy loved the bourbon he always the name implies, this is a bottling of whiskey drawn from brought along on their annual turkey shoot), the lineage of one carefully selected barrel, instead of being mingled with whiskey from other barrels.
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