Another stop on the Bourbon Trail. This one was notable for pairing their bourbon with various bourbon Chocolate... a very nice touch after many, many distillery tours and tastings.
We visited here as our first stop on the bourbon trail. The visitors center is new and very nicely furnished. I enjoyed sitting by the fireplace while we waited for the tour to start. Our tour guide was great she explained the workings of the distillery in a funny and friendly way. You could feel she really enjoyed her job and her bourbon! I liked seeing the sour mash fermenting. The CO2 rising from the tubs was an interesting site. (See my photo) The scent inside the barrel hose was amazing! It was interesting to see barrels in there that were stored for over 20 years. It was also interesting to hear how you could purchase a whole barrel for $9000 and have it bottled as your own label. Of the 4 distillery visits we made, I liked this one the best for the historical buildings and nice location.
The tour was great. We took it a while back. Its exciting and informative plus the bourbon balls are great!! My only thought...its the only distillery which charges $5.00 for their tour of all the distilleries visited in the area.
Very beautiful drive up to the distillery. A lot of horses and barns to see. Buildings on the tour very old and nice to see. Tour was very good. Just make sure your headset works before you start the tour or you won't hear what the guide is saying. Beautiful gift shop and tasting room. Wish I could have fit the finished barrel on the plane to take home with me.
Tour was good, but definitely a different atmosphere than some of the other distilleries we visited. They have two products to chose from (soon to be three.), not really to my liking. On the Bourbon Trail.
While this is a very nice property and facility it feels like visiting a huge corporate gift shop with no real character just one that was devised in a fancy donut whiteboard session in some Madison Avenue conference room. I had put this stop on my list of possible favorites for our bourbon trail outing and was surprised that my whole group felt the same way almost immediately. I still grabbed a souvenir before we all made a quick exit. If you are short on time this may be a stop to pass over
Taste the bourbon, and learn the story of it's making. This historic brewery of bourbon houses a museum and tasting room. The drive there is one of the finest in the state, so take it all in. Along the way, you will pass fenced pastures and magnificent thoroughbreds.
The distillery was unexpectedly busy between Christmas and New Years, so they were adding extra tours. We didn't really need a full tour since we'd just come from Buffalo Trace, so we were able to get a tasting in a little house for $7 (regular tour is $10). I don't think they offer this unless it is really busy.
A group of four of us planned a mini vacation to this distillery for their St Patrick's day weekend tour. It's a tour, dinner and drinks. The distillery tour was ok. The grounds, architecture and surrounding area were very beautiful and incredibly cool to look at, since this is a historic site. I loved taking pictures and it was very neat to see so much history. However, the tour guide was just so so. She was not bad, just uneventful. Now after the tour there was a corn beef and cabbage dinner, and that was fantastic!!! It was all you could eat buffet, and flavor was just delicious. You also got 2 Woodford drinks, which we were also great! Though the tour was just ok, the beauty of the area, and the deliciousness of the food, made up for it. I'd go again.