re: Whiskey/Bourbon/Scotch appreciation thread Volume II

The distillery tours I have been on are pretty much all basic juice tasting at the end. Buffalo Trace ( the best tour), is like ER10, BT, White Dog, Bourbon Cream for the tasting. 4 Roses is Yellow label, Small Batch and SB for the tasting. If it were me I would do the Regular Buffalo Trace Tour early in the day. Then book the Hard Hat tour through their website as soon as I could the same day. I would do 4 Roses immediately after. It can be done you will have to stay on task. I would do Makers Mark one day, then on the same day do either Jim Beam or Heaven HIll. Probably Jim Beam actually, cause you will get a voucher from the 4 Roses tour to go to their warehouses which are about 5 miles down the road from Jim Beam. The Wild Turkey gift shop is something to see (great views), never did the tour but you could stop on the way to 4 Roses from BT.

You should for sure go to Buffalo Trace and if you are staying in Louisville might as well hit up Angels Envy and pick up some rye. The Galt House by the river has a nice bar in the skywalk between buildings overlooking the river and 4th street live. Also have a bar on the West side building that has a good deal on shots of Pappy when available. For food Doc Crow's Southern Smokehouse is great. The Louisville Slugger tour is also pretty good. Staying downtown near 4 th street is good because it is an easy walk to a lot of good eating places. Jeff Ruby’s is a good place for a steak. For Pub food the Troll Under the Bridge is usually good.
If you are traveling interstate 65 check out Chuck’s Liqour at I think the second Bowling Green Ky exit. I think it is the same exit as Cabela’s (maybe exit 22). There will be a Chuck’s liqour sign that is visible from the interstate. He has some great barrel picks. He does a Weller Antique that is always great. Last time I was in there he had a case of Kentucky Owl. Also look for a bottle of Maker’s mint julep.