CardsandBourbon Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Yesterday (Saturday) the wife and I did the Evan Williams Experience on Whiskey Row in Louisville. Neat experience. You get a bit of the history of Louisville, of Evan Williams and the bourbon industry through a multi media presentation and tour. Part of the tour includes seeing their "boutique still". It produces 100 barrels a day 5 days a week, compared to the main distillery which produces 1000 barrels a day 7 days a week. The first couple of pictures are of the still and tanks. This picture is part of the tasting room. Sorry there's only one, but um. . . . I was busy tasting some bourbon. We had three that we tasted. The first was the basic Evan Williams Black. Not bad but a little rough around the edges. If I bought this one it would only be for mixing with Coke, etc. The second was the Evan Williams Single Barrel. This ended up being both mine and my wife's favorite. Much more refined and smooth taste with a strong yet not overpowering finish. The final tasting was the Evan Williams Red Label 12 year old 101 proof. Although it was good I didn't really think it was worth the cost ($119.99). Oddly enough it is only available at the gift shop there or in Japan. At the end of the tour is of course the gift shop. Picked up a bottle of the Evan Williams Peach (my wife wanted it) which we'll put over ice cream and probably in our french toast recipe. Also got a bottle of the Single Barrel (2008) and since I didn't have any a bottle of Elijah Craig Small Batch. Also a couple of tasting glasses. All in all we really enjoyed our "Experience". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFitzWithTheGoldLabel Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Great to hear. I may need to journey up for a bottle of the red label sometime.Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardsandBourbon Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 The Red Label was good but I just couldn't pull the trigger at $120. The fact that the wife was with me and would probably have bonked me over the head with a frying pan might have had something to do with my reticence. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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