rocky480
01-20-2010, 14:59
Well, I've been lurking on this site for the past few months and decided I needed to become an actual registered member to enhance and expand my bourbon and rye knowledge. So here I am to say "Hi" to everyone.
For entertainment purposes only, here's the brief story of how I've gotten here. It's all thanks to a fateful trip to Louisville back at the beginning of November. My wife and I enjoy road trips, so we decided we'd be driving to the family wedding in Cincinati. Why not add a few days in Kentucky to the trip since we'd never been? I had always enjoyed mixing up Beam white label back in my college days, and had since stepped up to some of the higher tier bourbons like Woodford, Maker's Mark, and the Beam small batch offerings, so I thought that we should visit at least one distillery while we were there. We were staying in Louisville, so we hit the Beam operation for what you can get out of it and then hauled down to Loretto to catch the last tour of the day at Maker's Mark. My wife and brother-in-law who don't really partake in bourbon had a good time doing the tours, so all was well. Whenever I road trip I also like to hit liquor stores in other states to see and buy things I can't get back in the DC area. Well, my eyes were opened to a bunch of bourbons I had never seen or heard of before, so I immediately started researching as much as I could while I was on the road. I bought two bottles I had never seen that looked interesting while I was in KY, and it's been all downhill from there.
Now I realize there's a lot I've been missing out on in the bourbon business and I have a lot of sampling I need to do, as well as a lot of learning. I'm looking forward to it and have already told my wife that we're headed back to KY sooner rather than later (this time I'll be a little better prepared).
I'm looking forward to being on here to learn from those much wiser than me when it comes to a topic I really enjoy. Thanks for your time if you've read this far!
For entertainment purposes only, here's the brief story of how I've gotten here. It's all thanks to a fateful trip to Louisville back at the beginning of November. My wife and I enjoy road trips, so we decided we'd be driving to the family wedding in Cincinati. Why not add a few days in Kentucky to the trip since we'd never been? I had always enjoyed mixing up Beam white label back in my college days, and had since stepped up to some of the higher tier bourbons like Woodford, Maker's Mark, and the Beam small batch offerings, so I thought that we should visit at least one distillery while we were there. We were staying in Louisville, so we hit the Beam operation for what you can get out of it and then hauled down to Loretto to catch the last tour of the day at Maker's Mark. My wife and brother-in-law who don't really partake in bourbon had a good time doing the tours, so all was well. Whenever I road trip I also like to hit liquor stores in other states to see and buy things I can't get back in the DC area. Well, my eyes were opened to a bunch of bourbons I had never seen or heard of before, so I immediately started researching as much as I could while I was on the road. I bought two bottles I had never seen that looked interesting while I was in KY, and it's been all downhill from there.
Now I realize there's a lot I've been missing out on in the bourbon business and I have a lot of sampling I need to do, as well as a lot of learning. I'm looking forward to it and have already told my wife that we're headed back to KY sooner rather than later (this time I'll be a little better prepared).
I'm looking forward to being on here to learn from those much wiser than me when it comes to a topic I really enjoy. Thanks for your time if you've read this far!