Bucket List Adventure #16: Louisville, Kentucky Bourbon Trail
I have come to enjoy a nice Bourbon Whisky in my life. Notes of caramel, smoke, vanilla, and berry tickle my fancy quite a bit. There is nothing more enjoyable than a nice Cuban and a Dewars 12 year old. As part of my Bucket List extravaganza, I decided that I would learn more about the liquor that has become part of my chill down experience at home. Louisville Kentucky is known for Bourbon, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the Louisville Cardinals and more. However, Bourbon was on my mind. I decided to stay at the Brown Hotel, which is a historic hotel in the center of town. I believe the hotel is almost a 100 years old and is comfy and in the mix of everything. If I were to ever visit Louisville again, I would stay there. I was treated well. This is not Travel Advisor so I am going to move forward. Right after checking in, my Ace, Kal, and I found ourselves at a 2 p.m. visit with the Old Forester Distillery. Old Forester's claim to fame is being the "First Bottled Bourbon" in America. There you experience a round education on bourbon being used for medicinal purposes especially during Prohibition. We have an opportunity to see how the barrels are created on the property that would later be charred and home to the aging and loving process of Bourbon. During the tour you have a chance to experience how to expand your palate by tasting the O.F. 1910, 1920, and a rye version home to the company. Our guide shared how we could close one nostil and smell the same glad on each side and experience something completely different. This was mind-blowing. In my left nostil, I received all of the sweetness, hearty flavors, etc. On the right side, I got nothing but gasoline it seems. Imagine that I carried this tactic to the other distilleries we visited as well. Each tour we experienced ended in the gift shop because--they want you to buy product. Because Kal and I have become connoisseurs of the Bourbon, Whisky, Scotch experience--we figured we could do a nice little search at home and find most of them for a much cheaper price. The experiences at Evan Williams, Bulleit, and even Doc Crows Smokehouse (which was super tasty delicious) we went to revealed more notes that caramelized why I enjoy bourbon the way I do. It feels mature and manly. LOL! However, by itself its nice and refreshing and does not give me headaches like Vodka does. If I were to ever go back to Louisville (highly doubtful), I would travel to Bardstown where we could experience Makers Mark and a few local homes where people are collectors and master mixers of Bourbon based cocktails. If you want more in-depth details--hit me up. By the time you do--I will have a nice glass of something in hand.
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