Buck14 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 All, I have 2.5 days to spend in Kentucky in July and am going to hop on the Bourbon Trail starting in Lexington and finishing in Louisville. I will be arriving into KY from Cincinnati and then departing from Louisville back to Chicago. Some questions: 1. I have three nights to stay over? Where should I stay? Cities / Lodging? 2. What are CAN'T MISS Distilleries? 3. Which Distilleries should I avoid? 4. Best place to get good Bourbon other than at Distilleries? I've seen Costco, Kroger, Liquor Barn mentioned on here and elsewhere? 5. Any food recommendations? 6. Smoking laws? Can I light up outside with a drink? Or have the Nazi's invaded KY like they have Chicago? 7. Anything else? THANKS PS - It might be helpful to give you some background on my favorite / least favorite types of Bourbon / Rye. I do not like Wheated Bourbons at all. LOVE Colonel EH Taylor (all) Evan Williams Single Barrel Olds Ezra 7 Year Barrel Stength Knob Creek (everything except their "flavored" shit like Maple) Michter's (most) Willett (everything in their main name brand) Noah's Mill Rowan's Creek Old Forrester (all) Pikesville Rye Russell's (everything) Four Roses (ONLY the high end special bottlings with the 4 digit codes) DO NOT LIKE Angel's Envy Rare Breed Basil Haden's Eagle Rare (one of the least favorite things I've ever put in my mouth - yuck) Huber's Starlight (terrible) Woodford (hate it straight - fine in cocktails) Bulleit (hate it straight - fine in cocktails) Koval (I can walk to this - what a waste - terrible shit) Few (not as bad as Koval and close to me as well - yuck) Maker's Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irratebass Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Sorry Buck, never been. It's on my bucket-list though.......I've hear Buffalo Trace & Woodford are kinda must-sees, I'd also like to see Wild Turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethernut Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Buck, hit me on PM, we can do a call and I can fill you in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck14 Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 On 7/8/2019 at 5:21 PM, Ethernut said: Buck, hit me on PM, we can do a call and I can fill you in! Thanks brother I’m back in chicago but I’ll reach out next time I’m coming down. Loved Kentucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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