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Well, that is neat. We have visited a few, and we had our own Bourbon tasting awhile back.
We had Makers Mark, Savannah Bourbon (new), The Devil's Cut Jack Daniels, Woodford Reserve, and a few others. Maker's Mark won.
That was my favorite when I hit part of the bourbon trail as well on a work trip a few years ago. I also hit a few of the bars on the urban bourbon trail in Louisville. A great experience.
I wasn't aware there was another expression of Evan Williams. Actually, for around 12 bucks, the original is a pretty good deal. Especially for mixing. Now, at 23 years old that's got to be one of the oldest bourbons that you can buy on the market. I enjoy the annual releases of the George T. Stagg and that's somewhere around 17 years old. I know Pappy Van Winkle has a 23 year old too, good luck trying to find that one and even if you did you might have to add another zero to the price you paid. Did you pay $300 for a 750ml bottle then of the Evan Williams.
The bourbon trail is a great time. The Misses and I went to the bourbon festival in Bardstown a few years back. It's a lot of fun, even for the whole family. We went to Willett, Heaven Hill, Buffalo Trace and few others. I'd definitely recommend going to the bourbon fest in Bardstown if possible. It's in mid September every year. Bardstown just by itself is a beautiful small town to visit at any time of year. But it's really hopping during the bourbon festival. You can drive the bourbon trail and do the fest too then.
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Although I am not an aficionado of bourbons myself I just read a fascinating article in Smithsonian Magazine about bourbon fanatics in Japan. There are a couple of bourbon bars that have hundreds of bottles of only bourbon, and some of them are quite rare and very old: some have not been seen in the US for decades! A Japanese owner of one of the bourbon bars made trips to Kentucky (and Tennessee too I think) and drive up and down the local roads hunting for odd bottles of old bourbons back in the '70's and '80's. He would ask liquor store owners if he could explore their cellars and attics! He collected bottles of small batch bourbons that no longer made and unique brands that have disappeared from the US generations ago.
Although I am not an aficionado of bourbons myself I just read a fascinating article in Smithsonian Magazine about bourbon fanatics in Japan. There are a couple of bourbon bars that have hundreds of bottles of only bourbon, and some of them are quite rare and very old: some have not been seen in the US for decades! A Japanese owner of one of the bourbon bars made trips to Kentucky (and Tennessee too I think) and drive up and down the local roads hunting for odd bottles of old bourbons back in the '70's and '80's. He would ask liquor store owners if he could explore their cellars and attics! He collected bottles of small batch bourbons that no longer made and unique brands that have disappeared from the US generations ago.
Is the article online?
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Jealous. Yup all I got.
