A group of six local bar professionals traveled to Kentucky in October for a series of bourbon distillery tours. The group visited Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort; Four Roses bottling and warehouse facility in Coxs Creek; Angel’s Envy Distillery in Louisville; Michter’s Distillery in Louisville; Kentucky Artisan Distillery in Crestwood; Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown; the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience in Louisville; and Old Forester Distilling Co. in Louisville.
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- Michter’s Kentucky Straight American Whiskey, ready for tasting, at its historic Fort Nelson downtown Louisville distillery.
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- Wes Henderson, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Angel’s Envy in Louisville, Kentucky.
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- Jerome Daigneault, The Marlborough Tavern; Laurie Ann Kurtz; Anthony Sousa Jr.; Rachel Markoja, Little River Restoratives; Justin Morales, The Marlborough Tavern; and Samantha Dziecol, The Marlborough Tavern, at Michter’s.
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- The group at Kentucky Artisan Distillery in Crestwood, the home of Jefferson’s Bourbon.
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- Justin Morales, The Marlborough Tavern; Rachel Markoja, Little River Restoratives; Jerome Daigneault, The Marlborough Tavern; Anthony Sousa Jr.; and Laurie Ann Kurtz.
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- Tastes of bTastes of bourbon at Heaven Hill Distillery.ourbon at Heaven Hill Distillery.
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- Anthony Sousa Jr.; Jerome Daigneault, The Marlborough Tavern; Justin Morales, The Marlborough Tavern; Rachel Markoja, Little River Restoratives; Samantha Dziecol, The Marlborough Tavern; and Laurie Ann Kurtz.
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- The group at Old Forester Distilling Co. in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the only downtown distillery with a fully operational cooperage.
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- The group at Four Roses bottling and warehouse facility in Coxs Creek.
Photos courtesy of Justin Morales, The Marlborough Tavern.
