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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 5272562, member: 34"] Did an extended weekend trip up to Kentucky to hit up some of the Bourbon Trail distilleries back in April. Buffalo Trace was a no go. They release tour availability one month at a time and those slots fill up almost instantly. And with the flood damage, no walk ups to the visitor center or gift shop. We did hit up Jim Beam, Four Roses, Wild Turkey, Heaven Hill, and Castle and Key. Castle and Key was a walk up all the others had paid tours. What a blast!!! Each distillery has slightly different on site processes and the tours were slightly different. Got to meet Jimmy Russell at Wild Turkwy and he was signing bottles for free. Wild Turkey Rare Breed is a gem. Heaven Hill allowed you bottle and label your own bourbon. I picked Larceny, Mrs Diesel went Elijah Craig Single Barrel. You label and sign your own bottle. Only cost $15 more than the same bottle off the shelf. Four Roses tasting tour included Four samples of their Single Barrel Select. All four were delicious. Jim Beam tour took us in the rickhouse and we popped the bung and "stole" the Bourbon right from the barrel. Three samples from five year barrels from three different floors in the rickhouse. Took home a bottle of Booker's from the gift shop. Five distilleries amd six tours later, 26 bottles bought total. Did a steak dinner at Malone's steakhouse near Lexington. That was a phenomenal experience too. Right now, I'm enjoying this delight of a bottle. I'd highly recommend doing the Bourbon tour for any Bourbon lover. We saw Bachelor parties, wedding parties, birthday groups, HS reunions, etc. If Buffalo Trace is a must, that is the tail that wags the dog. Tours are tough while they recover. [ATTACH type="full" width="231px" alt="20250501_193826.jpg"]109199[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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