Tourism

Evan Williams Experiences Filled Its 1,000th Barrel

The Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, the first “tourist distillery” to open as part of Whiskey Row’s renaissance in downtown Louisville, filled its 1,000th barrel on February 1, 2018. The distillery reached this milestone after producing one barrel per day since production began in September 2013, a small output compared to the 1,300 barrels produced per day at Heaven Hill Distillery’s ...

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Spending The Holidays At A Distillery

Angel's Envy tasting room

By Richard Thomas A distillery is in essence a booze-making factory, and like blue-collar industrial enterprises everywhere, they often close on the Holidays if not for the duration of the Holidays. Yet as tourism has become a larger part of the business of many distilleries, this isn’t quite as true as it used to be. The distillery itself might not ...

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Bourbon & Beyond Expands On Kentucky’s Whiskey Festivals

Bourbon & Beyond

By April Manning When Louisville celebrates bourbon, they definitely go beyond expectations. Louisville, KY honored National Bourbon Heritage Month by throwing bourbon a party at the Bourbon and Beyond Festival and inviting everyone to partake. The group at Bourbon and Beyond provided the perfect combination of bourbon, bourbon education, and ways to enjoy drinking bourbon, i.e. with abundant food and ...

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