Brett Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Got a visit scheduled for April 10-14. We currently plan on Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Bulleit, and Four Rose's tours. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. Must buys while I visit? Any tours we should try to add? We will drive through Bardstown, stay in Frankfort and Louisville areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpfratn Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Got a visit scheduled for April 10-14. We currently plan on Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Bulleit, and Four Rose's tours. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. Must buys while I visit? Any tours we should try to add? We will drive through Bardstown, stay in Frankfort and Louisville areas. If you waited another two weeks, you could hang out with many of us in Bardstown. Check out the Bourbon Social section of the forum and you’ll see the Sampler 2019 thread. In the mean time, if you’d like to discuss distillery visits, etc. we could probably meet somewhere for a drink and chat...might even get FacePlant to join us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Since you're within minutes of each, I'd highly recommend at least a stop by the C & K and WT gift shops. C & K is a stunning property for photo op's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 On 3/4/2019 at 8:58 PM, lcpfratn said: If you waited another two weeks, you could hang out with many of us in Bardstown. Check out the Bourbon Social section of the forum and you’ll see the Sampler 2019 thread. In the mean time, if you’d like to discuss distillery visits, etc. we could probably meet somewhere for a drink and chat...might even get FacePlant to join us. Man, I wish I could. I have a friend coming in town from Idaho to visit with another one of our friends who is having their first baby soon. I told him we need to do this while he is already here. Would love to meet up some time for a drink though. Would be great to meet other members. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourbon Air Tours Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 We can get you an aerial tour of Bardstown distilleries if you have a spare hour while in Bardstown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderKeg Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) On 3/4/2019 at 7:41 PM, Brett said: Got a visit scheduled for April 10-14. We currently plan on Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Bulleit, and Four Rose's tours. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. Must buys while I visit? Any tours we should try to add? We will drive through Bardstown, stay in Frankfort and Louisville areas. You wouldn't be planning on Thunder Over Louisville too, are you? I've got virtually the identical plan - 10th-14th, stay in Lex and L-ville, hit BT, WR, C&K, several others. All day Sat on the Ohio with a couple early L-ville tours before Thunder kicks off. Consider taking some BIBs home - New Riff especially, but also bottom shelf (in price only) JW Dant, JTS Brown. Check home pricing on a few of your favorites, you might find L-ville/Lex Total Wine pricing $5-10 or more cheaper. Multiple Liquor Barn stops can be worthwhile too, but usually a few dollars more than TW - TW has limited-if-any BT products. Edited March 9, 2019 by PowderKeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 On 3/4/2019 at 8:41 PM, Brett said: Got a visit scheduled for April 10-14. We currently plan on Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Bulleit, and Four Rose's tours. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. Must buys while I visit? Any tours we should try to add? We will drive through Bardstown, stay in Frankfort and Louisville areas. We'll be there too. Just ask, at the distilleries, if they have anything that's only available there, or in Kentucky. I cannot recommend the fireworks for Thunder highly enough. You will love them. If you're staying downtown, near the river, you can walk there. On 3/9/2019 at 1:42 PM, PowderKeg said: You wouldn't be planning on Thunder Over Louisville too, are you? I've got virtually the identical plan - 10th-14th, stay in Lex and L-ville, hit BT, WR, C&K, several others. All day Sat on the Ohio with a couple early L-ville tours before Thunder kicks off. Consider taking some BIBs home - New Riff especially, but also bottom shelf (in price only) JW Dant, JTS Brown. Check home pricing on a few of your favorites, you might find L-ville/Lex Total Wine pricing $5-10 or more cheaper. Multiple Liquor Barn stops can be worthwhile too, but usually a few dollars more than TW - TW has limited-if-any BT products. We'll be there at the same time. This is our 2nd trip in 2 years. Last April we hit Maker's, Beam, Buffalo Trace, Evan Williams, Stitzel-Weller, Jeptha Creed, Angel's Envy, 4 Roses, Barton and Town Branch. We snagged bottles that were only supposed to be available at the distilleries, or in Kentucky. I bought, and dipped, a bottle of Makers White Whiskey, rinsed and watched my own bottle of Knob Creek Single Barrel get filled, then stuck my thumb-print in the wax seal, (corny, but a neat souvenir), bought some Old Tub at Beam, some Mckenna 10-year at Evan Williams, (the distiller was there signing bottles), a few bottles of HHBIB, (wish I had bought a case now), 4RSB, (supposedly hand-selected for sale at the distillery only), same deal at Barton. This time around we're mixing in the ponies...Sun Valley Farm, Churchill Downs & Keeneland. For bourbon, we're taking the Brown Foreman Cooperage tour, Heaven Hill Connoisseur Experience Tasting, Willet, Barton, (tasting only), Old Forester, James E. Pepper, Castle & Key, and may squeeze in a couple more, time permitting. We skipped Thunder last year, except for the fireworks, which were exceptional. It was, hands-down, the best fireworks show that we've ever seen. We have the same plan this year, touring distilleries during the day, then watching the fireworks at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 11 minutes ago, Skinsfan1311 said: We'll be there too. Just ask, at the distilleries, if they have anything that's only available there, or in Kentucky. I cannot recommend the fireworks for Thunder highly enough. You will love them. If you're staying downtown, near the river, you can walk there. We'll be there at the same time. This is our 2nd trip in 2 years. Last April we hit Maker's, Beam, Buffalo Trace, Evan Williams, Stitzel-Weller, Jeptha Creed, Angel's Envy, 4 Roses, Barton and Town Branch. We snagged bottles that were only supposed to be available at the distilleries, or in Kentucky. I bought, and dipped, a bottle of Makers White Whiskey, rinsed and watched my own bottle of Knob Creek Single Barrel get filled, then stuck my thumb-print in the wax seal, (corny, but a neat souvenir), bought some Old Tub at Beam, some Mckenna 10-year at Evan Williams, (the distiller was there signing bottles), a few bottles of HHBIB, (wish I had bought a case now), 4RSB, (supposedly hand-selected for sale at the distillery only), same deal at Barton. This time around we're mixing in the ponies...Sun Valley Farm, Churchill Downs & Keeneland. For bourbon, we're taking the Brown Foreman Cooperage tour, Heaven Hill Connoisseur Experience Tasting, Willet, Barton, (tasting only), Old Forester, James E. Pepper, Castle & Key, and may squeeze in a couple more, time permitting. We skipped Thunder last year, except for the fireworks, which were exceptional. It was, hands-down, the best fireworks show that we've ever seen. We have the same plan this year, touring distilleries during the day, then watching the fireworks at night. Thanks! Appreciate the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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