My heart melted when Cooper came to say hi. Love me some cats and it is so cool that you brought your baby along. I have a sister who lives in Louisville and next time I visit I'm going to go to Wilderness Trail and meet the furry feline. Great video guys, thanks for sharing!
Jimmy Russell is so personable. He was happily signing bottles when I took my tour. Next time you are in Kentucky, you should check out Whiskey Thief in Frankfort.
Definitely book in advance for the restaurant at Bardstown. Hopefully Heaven Hill will be open then. We hear you can fill your own bottles at their visitor's center. Enjoy!
Cheers, Jamie! We had such a great time. We thought that maybe this video wasn’t produced well enough, but ultimately decided that it was a nice glimpse into our travels and the bourbon scene in Kentucky. We’re glad you enjoyed it!
Looks like an amazing time. Living the dream. Glad Julie got to taste this years Birthday Bourbon. It floated through CO about 2 weeks ago. People went nuts. 🤣
That’s good. I snagged last years by chance south of town here and was disappointed. So it kinda fell off my list for 4th quarter hunting. But that’s the joy of options.
My son in law and I were just in Bardstown Oct 7 & 8 . It was his first time to visit any distilleries. We toured Makers Mark, where I was a graduating Ambassador, so we got that tour and I dipped 2 bottles with my name on the label and, I also got a bottle of the FAE-02 Then to Barton, this was probably my 12th visit and tour there, when I pulled down my mask, they recognized me. Their Very Old Barton 100 proof is very good. You have to look around for it at other places. Then to Lux Row, nothing spectacular, but a nice tour. Then the next day to Four Roses, just a tasting, the tours were all booked, I did pick up a bottle of their Small Batch Select. Next was Bulleit and their tour and tasting, their tasting includes some little scent containers and mood lighting. Definitely different and unique. Then on to Buffalo for the Trace Tour, as always a great experience, and I got to say hi to my friend Freddie. I have been to Castle and Key 3 times, their Bourbon I dont think is ready yet, but their gin is good. The were aging the sourced product for Pinhook, I dont know if they still do. My first couple of time to Willet were vastly different than what I could see from your video. The parking lot in front of the distillery was gravel. And the Visitor center was in the same but smaller building, and no curved staircase. Taking a trip now involves so much planning if you want to take tours and the times and logistics all play into it more than ever. But it is still a lot of fun. Thanks for letting me ramble on. I really like your videos and opinions. Oh, I did get to meet Jimmy Russel at WT a couple of years ago and got a hat and bottle signed by him and a picture. Great gentleman.
Bernheim Forest near Louisville in Kentucky and near the Knob Creek distillery has a short hike to look at the Giants, big wood sculptures along the trails that might be made with oak barrel staves.
I love Kentucky I was stationed at Fort Knox I want to move to Kentucky it’s so beautiful and very friendly people compared to la county where I grew up I miss the green and trees lol
We experienced all those distilleries and more while we were there last week. Wilderness Trail was one of our favorites along with Old Forester, Makers, Angel Envy, Barton and so many more (25 total). We also found some wonderful bottles that we can’t get in Virginia. We enjoyed a visit by Cooper at WT and Noah and Rowan at Willett. A bonus was visiting Smooth Ambler along the way on 64. I can’t wait to see your review of the bottles you picked up at Wilderness Trail. We bought several!
Thanks so much for sharing your experience! Excited to see what you think of your new bottle acquisitions and more so the Wilderness Trail edition! I’m Heading there next week and planned to hit most of the places you visited, so you helped answer some questions I had about certain places and what’s available or not available! Safe Travels & Cheers🥃
Glad you got to fill your own bottle at Michters. I waited 3 mornings in a row and was told because of “metrics” they wouldn’t be allowing any for the day. Very frustrating and waste of time.
We are planning to do Bourbon Trail this summer and we are STOKED about WT! I am thrilled to see this in your video. I am currently searching for the separate WT video you mention, lol!
It’s easy to go overboard. Definitely plan to take your time and enjoy it slowly. We treated it like an amusement park this time and we had fun, but we’d love to spend a lot more time and do it right.
Next time you are downtown louisville you need to hit up the Evan williams bourbon experience! You can get ECBP, Larceny, heaven hill 7 year bottled in bond, and Henry McKenna if any of those are up your alley
If your in nashville Go to the Patterson house, great bourbon choices Great speak easy If you want to splurge go to Bourbon Steak expensive but they have EVERYTHING! The distilleries in Kentucky aren’t much fun anymore
Thank you! That visitor's center is beautiful and well-designed. The wall of history was still fun to explore. Fortunately, it isn't too far off the beaten path so it wasn't a waste of time.
Just found your channel while browsing for the bourbon trail. Some good looking bottles there, and I'm a big fan of Makers Mark and Wilderness Trail. I've actually met Shane and Pat at a tasting in Manchester UK, and they are a couple of great guys. Their 6yr bourbon has recently hit the UK shores, but I'm yet to try it. Love their Rye though.
Been to Wild Turkey, (surprised you didn't hit Four Roses "across the street") Wilderness Trail (AWESOME PLACE!), Maker's Mark (got the FAE-02 as well), and Willett (another great one) - got the Pot Still too... but also got the Johnny Drum (amazing) and the Old Bardstown Bottled In Bond (you should have gotten that one... Kentucky ONLY stuff). AWESOME VIDEO! Hope you enjoyed Nashville, too!
We used to visit Kentucky annually, so we've been to a lot of these before. Four Roses is one of our favorites, but we've seen it a few times and were pressed for time. We did sip some Johnny Drum at a bar while we were there. We'll keep an eye out for the Old Bardstown BIB now (it's hard to know what's what with Willett stuff sometimes). Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers!
@@TheBourbonVan I'll do a review of the Old Bardstown BIB soon... looking forward to cracking that one open! Also looking forward to your future videos!
I think you guys just did a the fall version of Kentucky derby!! Looks super fun and some awesome looking whiskeys. Can’t wait to do a road trip there, cheers🥃
I like your honesty about your visits. Thank you. Planning a trip down there next week. Also I haven’t really sourced any good videos on cool/unique craft distilleries in Kentucky. Any suggestions?
We live in Indianapolis, so that trip is a quick weekender for us. In Louisville, you certainly missed Peerless...our favorite distillery tour...right in downtown Louisville. Also, Rabbit Hole is within a 5 minute drive of there...so there is that. I wish someone would have told you how awful the 1792 visit is. When we were there last, they weren't doing any type of tour, and the tasting experience was poor at best. And back to other things you missed, when you were at Castle and Key, you were 10 minutes up the road from Woodford. I'm not a big fan, and when last we were there they weren't doing any type of tour. But also close (within 15 minute proximity on the backroads of Kentucky) is Four Roses. Having been so close, I think both of those distilleries might have been worth the effort. I totally agree with you about Willet...love that place. Great video. Thanks.
Hi Richard, we used to visit Kentucky every year when we were in the Midwest. We’ve been to all of those that you mentioned. This time around, we wanted to hit some we hadn’t been to yet.
Here's a secret. Every Wednesday morning Barton 1792 puts out special release bottles for sale. I bought a 1792 Sweet Wheat. Forget I ever told you this.
When I was there with friends we got a 1792 Full Proof Single Barrel Select Barrel #3 they were only selling there at the gift shop. They only had 180 bottles. We were just fortunate enough to be there at the right time 😊❤️🥃❤️ Congrats on the Sweet Wheat 👍🏼
Bourbon and travel, what could be better? This was so cool and informative! Looking frwd to the reviews. Btw, that Willet Pot Still was my entry into bourbon. Doesn't get much love by the pros but I think it's great.
Thanks a lot for watching and for the kind words, Phil! We'll have review and comparison content for months now, that's for sure. We're really eager to get back home and have a livestream or two to share all of our experiences as well.
We were recognized at Castle & Key. Somebody was whisper shouting our names, probably to see if we’d turn around and if it was really us 😆 . We were in the middle of speaking with someone, but we would have responded otherwise.
@@TheBourbonVan haha, a true "leave the celebrities alone" moment for two of the (seemingly : ) most approachable people......I guess you should be flattered? 😎
I paid $45 for a pour of 2019 OF Birthday bourbon here at the Westgate Bourbon Bar in Beaverton Or... Not sure worth that for one pour... But it was fantastic
The opportunity to drink something that rare doesn’t come around every day. Value is subjective, but we wouldn’t fault anybody for spending a little coin to try something special to them. Glad you enjoyed it.
Okay, this trip made me super jealous, I cant wait to get down there and try all of this stuff out. Now I will have to make sure I hit Michter's but it sounds like yall did it right! How mad was Norman when he smelled Cooper when you got home?
We only filmed at one location, and that video's coming out soon. We'd really love to do some more thorough tours on camera. Thanks for the recommendation!
We did not do a tour. We arrived first thing in the AM before the first tour group went in, but it seemed like they probably don't do it during busier times without a tour.
It seems like they probably have different whiskeys you can fill yourself from day to day, but this one is there pretty frequently. We were able to sneak in first thing in the morning before they started a tour to fill our own. This is one of our most expensive bottles: $150.
The best bet is probably to choose a few distilleries in a single area that you'd like to visit, then call them to set up a tour. For instance, Heaven Hill and Willett are very close to one another. Definitely call ahead to schedule your tours.
Honestly haven't tried that bottle in quite some time and don't have a 46 on hand to sample it against right now. I think we better give that matchup a try sometime though.
Sorry for commenting on a 2 year old video, but why didn't you bring the camera into the distilleries? I'm planning on doing the trail this summer and one of the things that would have been beneficial is to see more detail of the grounds, what tours are available, what's available in the gift shops and where these places are located on a map (Google Maps to plan a route).
This was mid-pandemic. There was a glass shortage. Heaven Hill's workers were on strike. Several of the distilleries we wanted to visit weren't open to the public and the gift shops were mostly empty. There's very little we could have shared that would still be useful for planning a trip. We shared our experiences, but there was no point in putting together a guide book that would be outdated the following year.
We just showed up first thing in the morning before the tour groups and asked if they had anything special available. Pretty sure you can pay extra on the tours to fill your own bottle as well.
We were able to just go in and ask to fill a bottle, but the tours hadn't started yet for the day because we were really early. You probably don't have to be on a tour, but you might have to wait for folks who are on the tour to pour theirs first. Highly recommend getting there right when they open.
We got there before the tours started and asked if they had anything special available that day. They suggested we could fill our own bottle before the tours started. I’m guessing once tours start, the wait is considerably longer, but you can likely still fill your own bottle.
Toward, but not To, unfortunately. We’re westbound out of Nashville tomorrow. Finally heading west on this massive road trip. Hope you’re healing well!
I really like how you treat each other … like you love each other…cheers!!!
Very cool ... thanks for letting us live vicariously through you two!
Cheers, Joe!
Thanks for sharing! Great trip.
Willet and Maker's look like gorgeous campuses. Can't wait to visit Kentucky one day.
It’s definitely worth the trip to come here. Just fantastic.
If you go back. Take the taste of Kentucky tour. Unreal. After we stopped. Wanted to go again
I think every distillery needs a whiskey kitty
Totally agree
Bluegrass is the bomb!! I love the Blue Corn and the Single Barrel Rye! The tour is amazing too!!
We have hit all those spots but Michter's. We love KY. Glad you all had a good time!
It’s a difficult place to leave!
My heart melted when Cooper came to say hi. Love me some cats and it is so cool that you brought your baby along. I have a sister who lives in Louisville and next time I visit I'm going to go to Wilderness Trail and meet the furry feline. Great video guys, thanks for sharing!
Wilderness Trail’s tour is one of the best, and Cooper just makes it that much better.
Jimmy Russell is so personable. He was happily signing bottles when I took my tour. Next time you are in Kentucky, you should check out Whiskey Thief in Frankfort.
Ok that made my happy! Glad you guys had a great time.
Cheers, Bo! Thanks!
What a great 48 hours of tours, tastings, and fun bottles purchases. Thanks for taking us along 🥃 🚐 !
Safe travels !!!
Cheers, Eric! It was our pleasure.
Great episode. Love you 2
You guys are so good. So fun to watch!
Happy Birthday Bourbon! I’ll be going to Bardstown for 2 days in December. Thanks for the preview. Any other tips are welcome.
Definitely book in advance for the restaurant at Bardstown. Hopefully Heaven Hill will be open then. We hear you can fill your own bottles at their visitor's center. Enjoy!
Living vicariously through you guys.... awesome!! Cheers! (one day)
Awesome video! Would love to more videos like this! Cheers!
Just a absolute awesome video. Going on the tour is on my bucket list. Thanks for your insight and love of Bourbon.
Cheers, Jamie! We had such a great time. We thought that maybe this video wasn’t produced well enough, but ultimately decided that it was a nice glimpse into our travels and the bourbon scene in Kentucky. We’re glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for putting all of this in a video. Can’t wait to visit some of the Kentucky distilleries ourselves some day. 👍
Cheers, Ruby! We had such a great time. It’s hard not to have fun in bourbon country.
The food at Willett is amazing as well. Their vintage pour menu is incredible as well. Lux Row and preservation are good tours as well.
We saw Preservation out of the corner of our eyes as we drove past. Added to the map for our next trip!
Great video! Thank you for coming to our state. Come again soon! Subscribed.
We’ll keep coming back. We love it here. Cheers!
Great video. You guys did alot in 48 hours. Cheers
Norman is so well traveled he is cosmopolitan!
I really enjoyed Wilderness Trail. Just popped in for a stamp and a bottle but I'm planning on going back for sure
Glad y’all enjoyed the commonwealth! Looks like you got some good finds!
Looks like an amazing time. Living the dream.
Glad Julie got to taste this years Birthday Bourbon. It floated through CO about 2 weeks ago. People went nuts. 🤣
It’s worth some fanfare, for sure. That’s really tasty bourbon.
That’s good.
I snagged last years by chance south of town here and was disappointed. So it kinda fell off my list for 4th quarter hunting.
But that’s the joy of options.
Wild turkey was being renovated when I went there with my Queen last year September.
I skipped the tours and sampled what I could of bourbon that you cannot get here. Great video thanks.
At some point, all the tours start to look and sound the same, for sure.
My son in law and I were just in Bardstown Oct 7 & 8 . It was his first time to visit any distilleries. We toured Makers Mark, where I was a graduating Ambassador, so we got that tour and I dipped 2 bottles with my name on the label and, I also got a bottle of the FAE-02
Then to Barton, this was probably my 12th visit and tour there, when I pulled down my mask, they recognized me. Their Very Old Barton 100 proof is very good. You have to look around for it at other places. Then to Lux Row, nothing spectacular, but a nice tour. Then the next day to Four Roses, just a tasting, the tours were all booked, I did pick up a bottle of their Small Batch Select. Next was Bulleit and their tour and tasting, their tasting includes some little scent containers and mood lighting. Definitely different and unique. Then on to Buffalo for the Trace Tour, as always a great experience, and I got to say hi to my friend Freddie. I have been to Castle and Key 3 times, their Bourbon I dont think is ready yet, but their gin is good. The were aging the sourced product for Pinhook, I dont know if they still do. My first couple of time to Willet were vastly different than what I could see from your video. The parking lot in front of the distillery was gravel. And the Visitor center was in the same but smaller building, and no curved staircase. Taking a trip now involves so much planning if you want to take tours and the times and logistics all play into it more than ever. But it is still a lot of fun. Thanks for letting me ramble on. I really like your videos and opinions. Oh, I did get to meet Jimmy Russel at WT a couple of years ago and got a hat and bottle signed by him and a picture. Great gentleman.
Keep rambling! We like it!
Bernheim Forest near Louisville in Kentucky and near the Knob Creek distillery has a short hike to look at the Giants, big wood sculptures along the trails that might be made with oak barrel staves.
Welcome to Kentucky!!! I waved as you guys drove pass Fort Knox 😁
LOL 👋
What an amazing adventure!! 🤩👍🏼
This has been a heck of a tour, Paul.
For a beautiful personal experience, you should visit MB Roland in Pembroke. It's on the way to Nashville.
I love Kentucky I was stationed at Fort Knox I want to move to Kentucky it’s so beautiful and very friendly people compared to la county where I grew up I miss the green and trees lol
We experienced all those distilleries and more while we were there last week. Wilderness Trail was one of our favorites along with Old Forester, Makers, Angel Envy, Barton and so many more (25 total). We also found some wonderful bottles that we can’t get in Virginia. We enjoyed a visit by Cooper at WT and Noah and Rowan at Willett. A bonus was visiting Smooth Ambler along the way on 64. I can’t wait to see your review of the bottles you picked up at Wilderness Trail. We bought several!
Cheers, Steve! Your trip was thorough!
Thanks so much for sharing your experience! Excited to see what you think of your new bottle acquisitions and more so the Wilderness Trail edition! I’m Heading there next week and planned to hit most of the places you visited, so you helped answer some questions I had about certain places and what’s available or not available! Safe Travels & Cheers🥃
Enjoy your trip, Joe! We could stay in Kentucky forever.
Glad you got to fill your own bottle at Michters. I waited 3 mornings in a row and was told because of “metrics” they wouldn’t be allowing any for the day. Very frustrating and waste of time.
So, we lived a block away from Silver Dollar for about 10 years. That’s my neighborhood.
We felt at home there. It was a cool area and the bar was fantastic.
We are planning to do Bourbon Trail this summer and we are STOKED about WT! I am thrilled to see this in your video. I am currently searching for the separate WT video you mention, lol!
You’re going to love that trip! What a great experience. The WT video wound up being a Patreon exclusive, I believe.
Looks like a fun trip; hoping to hit the bourbon trail with my wife someday.
It’s easy to go overboard. Definitely plan to take your time and enjoy it slowly. We treated it like an amusement park this time and we had fun, but we’d love to spend a lot more time and do it right.
You guys have moved a trip to Wilderness Trail WAY up our “to do” list.
Please give Cooper a gentle snuggle from us!
Really enjoyed seeing you 4 all together!! 😃👍🏼
@@paulkukiel3725 thanks so much. We certainly enjoyed it ourselves!
Great video! You helped me plan where I want to go on my next trip to "Bourbon Country".
Great Video Guys
Cheers, thanks a lot!
New sub! 🙋🏻♀️ Looks like y’all had a ton of fun! 😉
Next time you are downtown louisville you need to hit up the Evan williams bourbon experience! You can get ECBP, Larceny, heaven hill 7 year bottled in bond, and Henry McKenna if any of those are up your alley
Outstanding road video! Well done. Looking forward to that Bardstown bottle review. Maybe queue it into a future live episode? Cheers!🥃
We were just saying that we have livestream material for a year. We can’t wait to get home and share these findings with you in real time!
If your in nashville
Go to the Patterson house, great bourbon choices
Great speak easy
If you want to splurge go to Bourbon Steak expensive but they have EVERYTHING!
The distilleries in Kentucky aren’t much fun anymore
Thanks for the recommendations! We absolutely appreciate them. Patterson House had not been recommended to us before, so we'll check it out.
@@TheBourbonVan From a fellow Patterson, I also give a strong recommendation to Patterson House speakeasy.
@@chrispatterson5957
Chris is it your place?
@@bourbontraveler Don’t I wish. 😏
@@chrispatterson5957 I was hoping as well!
I visit that place as my first stop in Nashville every trip
At least 3 or 4 times a year
Nicely done! I can't believe Turkey was a bust, what a bummer.
Thank you! That visitor's center is beautiful and well-designed. The wall of history was still fun to explore. Fortunately, it isn't too far off the beaten path so it wasn't a waste of time.
Loved this video. Let me know where you go in Nashville. I’ll be there in December.
We’re working on that video right now! It’ll probably post in two weeks.
Just found your channel while browsing for the bourbon trail. Some good looking bottles there, and I'm a big fan of Makers Mark and Wilderness Trail. I've actually met Shane and Pat at a tasting in Manchester UK, and they are a couple of great guys. Their 6yr bourbon has recently hit the UK shores, but I'm yet to try it. Love their Rye though.
The rye is certainly our favorite of the bunch, but all the cask strength options are amazing. Cheers!
Been to Wild Turkey, (surprised you didn't hit Four Roses "across the street") Wilderness Trail (AWESOME PLACE!), Maker's Mark (got the FAE-02 as well), and Willett (another great one) - got the Pot Still too... but also got the Johnny Drum (amazing) and the Old Bardstown Bottled In Bond (you should have gotten that one... Kentucky ONLY stuff). AWESOME VIDEO! Hope you enjoyed Nashville, too!
We used to visit Kentucky annually, so we've been to a lot of these before. Four Roses is one of our favorites, but we've seen it a few times and were pressed for time. We did sip some Johnny Drum at a bar while we were there. We'll keep an eye out for the Old Bardstown BIB now (it's hard to know what's what with Willett stuff sometimes). Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers!
@@TheBourbonVan I'll do a review of the Old Bardstown BIB soon... looking forward to cracking that one open! Also looking forward to your future videos!
Next time pick me up on your way through. KC has some good whiskey.
Haha, deal!
I think you guys just did a the fall version of Kentucky derby!! Looks super fun and some awesome looking whiskeys. Can’t wait to do a road trip there, cheers🥃
Haha, we were putting the pedal down for sure. Cheers, Dave!
I like your honesty about your visits. Thank you. Planning a trip down there next week.
Also I haven’t really sourced any good videos on cool/unique craft distilleries in Kentucky. Any suggestions?
Yoo bad you didn't go on down the road from CK and visit Glenns Creek Distilling. We have 5 bourbons and a whiskey.
We live in Indianapolis, so that trip is a quick weekender for us. In Louisville, you certainly missed Peerless...our favorite distillery tour...right in downtown Louisville. Also, Rabbit Hole is within a 5 minute drive of there...so there is that. I wish someone would have told you how awful the 1792 visit is. When we were there last, they weren't doing any type of tour, and the tasting experience was poor at best. And back to other things you missed, when you were at Castle and Key, you were 10 minutes up the road from Woodford. I'm not a big fan, and when last we were there they weren't doing any type of tour. But also close (within 15 minute proximity on the backroads of Kentucky) is Four Roses. Having been so close, I think both of those distilleries might have been worth the effort. I totally agree with you about Willet...love that place. Great video. Thanks.
Hi Richard, we used to visit Kentucky every year when we were in the Midwest. We’ve been to all of those that you mentioned. This time around, we wanted to hit some we hadn’t been to yet.
Too cool. Can I trade places with the cat?
If your aim in the litter box is better than his, we'll consider it.
I didn't recognize Willett! They have really changed their facility.
They’re really making big changes.
Here's a secret. Every Wednesday morning Barton 1792 puts out special release bottles for sale. I bought a 1792 Sweet Wheat. Forget I ever told you this.
When I was there with friends we got a 1792 Full Proof Single Barrel Select Barrel #3 they were only selling there at the gift shop. They only had 180 bottles. We were just fortunate enough to be there at the right time 😊❤️🥃❤️ Congrats on the Sweet Wheat 👍🏼
So Greatful for this video! We're planning our own bourbon trail tour in Nov for our anniversary and the insight was so helpful!
Bourbon and travel, what could be better? This was so cool and informative! Looking frwd to the reviews. Btw, that Willet Pot Still was my entry into bourbon. Doesn't get much love by the pros but I think it's great.
Thanks a lot for watching and for the kind words, Phil! We'll have review and comparison content for months now, that's for sure. We're really eager to get back home and have a livestream or two to share all of our experiences as well.
@@TheBourbonVan Just curious, did anyone recognize you guys?
We were recognized at Castle & Key. Somebody was whisper shouting our names, probably to see if we’d turn around and if it was really us 😆 . We were in the middle of speaking with someone, but we would have responded otherwise.
@@TheBourbonVan haha, a true "leave the celebrities alone" moment for two of the (seemingly : ) most approachable people......I guess you should be flattered? 😎
I paid $45 for a pour of 2019 OF Birthday bourbon here at the Westgate Bourbon Bar in Beaverton Or... Not sure worth that for one pour... But it was fantastic
The opportunity to drink something that rare doesn’t come around every day. Value is subjective, but we wouldn’t fault anybody for spending a little coin to try something special to them. Glad you enjoyed it.
Did you see the IJW next door to WT? I hear they have 100,000 barrels resting... See the black rickhouses?
We did! We wondered what was aging in there. We’re don’t know anything about that facility, but we’ll investigate and try to check it out next year!
Okay, this trip made me super jealous, I cant wait to get down there and try all of this stuff out. Now I will have to make sure I hit Michter's but it sounds like yall did it right! How mad was Norman when he smelled Cooper when you got home?
He’s always mad
You guys missed some good ones. Four Roses and Buffalo Trace
Used to live in the area and those are some of our favorites. We were pressed for time and had to cut a few out so we could visit a few new ones.
You should of grabbed a bottle of Old Bardstown while you were in KY.
If that's the 6 year Pinhook Bourbon War Vertical, you're in for a treat. Yellow wax denotes SiB, so I'm guessing around 115 right?
Cheers 🍷
Yessir! We’re thrilled with those Pinhook finds. They’re some of our most anticipated bottles of this trip.
I wish you would show the inside of the stops.
We only filmed at one location, and that video's coming out soon. We'd really love to do some more thorough tours on camera. Thanks for the recommendation!
Quick question, for the Michters bottle you got, did you have to do a tour for that or do they allow you to bottle just at gift shop? Cheers
We did not do a tour. We arrived first thing in the AM before the first tour group went in, but it seemed like they probably don't do it during busier times without a tour.
How much was the bottle michters? Is it an everyday thing or did you just get lucky?
It seems like they probably have different whiskeys you can fill yourself from day to day, but this one is there pretty frequently. We were able to sneak in first thing in the morning before they started a tour to fill our own. This is one of our most expensive bottles: $150.
Hello. Trying to find some information about tours. any information would be helpful
The best bet is probably to choose a few distilleries in a single area that you'd like to visit, then call them to set up a tour. For instance, Heaven Hill and Willett are very close to one another. Definitely call ahead to schedule your tours.
How did you like the Toasted Marshmello from Maker's? How does it compare to 46? I can get one but haven't found any info on it.
Honestly haven't tried that bottle in quite some time and don't have a 46 on hand to sample it against right now. I think we better give that matchup a try sometime though.
did you have to do a special tour at michters to get the bottle purschase like that?
Nope. We were there early before the tours started and they decided they had time to take us back there before it got busy.
@@TheBourbonVan nice i am going on last tour of the day on a Wednesday hopefully they are still feeling nice by then would love to get a good bottle
Sorry for commenting on a 2 year old video, but why didn't you bring the camera into the distilleries? I'm planning on doing the trail this summer and one of the things that would have been beneficial is to see more detail of the grounds, what tours are available, what's available in the gift shops and where these places are located on a map (Google Maps to plan a route).
This was mid-pandemic. There was a glass shortage. Heaven Hill's workers were on strike. Several of the distilleries we wanted to visit weren't open to the public and the gift shops were mostly empty. There's very little we could have shared that would still be useful for planning a trip. We shared our experiences, but there was no point in putting together a guide book that would be outdated the following year.
How do you fill your own bottle at Michter’s?
We just showed up first thing in the morning before the tour groups and asked if they had anything special available. Pretty sure you can pay extra on the tours to fill your own bottle as well.
Do you need to do a tour or anything to fill a bottle at Michter's?
We were able to just go in and ask to fill a bottle, but the tours hadn't started yet for the day because we were really early. You probably don't have to be on a tour, but you might have to wait for folks who are on the tour to pour theirs first. Highly recommend getting there right when they open.
Did you have a tour at michters or did you just walk in? That bottle is through the tour only I assume
We got there before the tours started and asked if they had anything special available that day. They suggested we could fill our own bottle before the tours started. I’m guessing once tours start, the wait is considerably longer, but you can likely still fill your own bottle.
Was there a big price difference on the bottles of BBC (Bardstown Bourbon Company) at the distillery compared to what you pay in stores? :)
It's not available in Oregon, so we don't have an answer unfortunately.
Wait, does this mean you are headed toward Mississippi soon?
Toward, but not To, unfortunately. We’re westbound out of Nashville tomorrow. Finally heading west on this massive road trip. Hope you’re healing well!
@@TheBourbonVan Ah, so is life. I am surprisingly able to walk around (carefully). Thank you and safe travels!
@@timtimtimmay4654 glad to hear it! Stay vertical!
Julie, did you mean parasol and not carousel.
That’s exactly what she said, sir.
Oops! My bad.