KY Distillery Tours: bourbon trail visits to Michter’s, Wild Turkey & Old Forester

Bourbon Chronicles: Wild Turkey, Michter’s & Old Forester Welcome to another installment of the Bourbon Chronicles where we experience distilleries that are part of the bourbon trail and rate the tour and tasting experience. In December, we were able to get out to three distillery tours and taste their bourbon. The tour and tasting experience… Read More

KY Bourbon Trail Experience: 2 day bourbon tour & tasting playbook (inc. Woodford Reserve, Evan Williams, Copper & Kings)

Bourbon Chronicles: Willet, Woodford Reserve, Jim Beam, Evan Williams, Coper & Kings When you’re hosting your also married friends (who have two young kiddos) + a 40th-birthday is in the mix, for a two day-buck-list-bourbon-trail adventure in Kentucky, you make the most of it! These are the adult diaries of 40+ year olds. At first,… Read More

Kentucky Derby Chronicles: The Great Balloon Event

The great balloon race is one of the local events that’s part of the Kentucky Derby Festival leading up to the first Saturday in May. We decided to go this year and check it out. The event landing page could stand to have a bit more information (not to mention a map) for spectators and… Read More

KY Bourbon Trail Experience: Willett Distillery

Bourbon Trail & Tasting: Willett Distillery Also on the list of distilleries not to miss is Willett. Location: The distillery is located just over an hour south of Louisville near a city called Bardstown. It’s also geographically close to the James Beam distillery, and is all but in the back yard of Heaven Hill’s main… Read More