Bourbon

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(10-18-2022, 06:25 PM)Donnyho Wrote: So did you not do the “tour” at Glenn’s Creek? We were down there over the weekend, and if you didn’t do the experience there I HIGHLY recommend it.

It wasn’t a tour, it was literally just a tasting with the owner/master distiller. For about an hour he poured samples and talked about his experiences and philosophies on distilling. I guess it’s for up to 10 guests, but a party of 7 no showed so it was just myself, my wife and a guy visiting from California. At the end of the hour, the third guy bailed and we just shot the shit with the owner for a few and bought some bottles. Then he said “since you guys seem to know what’s up, let me grab some stuff from my private stash”. He came back with one of their sold out limited bottles and a bourbon finished it honey barrels that’s not available yet.

I loved it. Especially since we did Castle & Key right before (which was also great). It was literally like going from a bourbon Disney World to a bourbon punk rock club.

We had reservations for the tour, but the gal at lunch took 20 minutes to get our check to us, and so we showed up 5 minutes late and they wouldn't let us join the other 3 people that had JUST started the tour with the owner.  There was a younger guy who was leading a tasting for 2 other people and they moved to the private side room when we arrived.  There was another employee who was manning the entry and since we'd paid for the tour, she led us through the full tasting right there at the counter, and gave us a couple of other sips as well at the end.  

Overall, it wasn't my favorite experience.  Their bourbon was good, but it's all higher proof, it was about 95* in that room and there was no place to sit.  After about the 4th whiskey, I just wanted some air movement and a seat.  They've got some interesting bottles and it was cool to see a spot like that after the starting the day at Buffalo Trace (with all their spit and polish), but I would have liked it a lot more if it was more comfortable.