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From concerts at your favorite distilleries to festivals throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, there’s plenty to do on and off the Trail™.
This tour traces three generations of the Pepper family starting with Captain Elijah Pepper and his first small distillery to Oscar and James Pepper enlarging the business and becoming bourbon aristocrats in the process. Our tour includes visits to sites connected with this first family of bourbon including; the site of Elijah’s first distillery, tour […]
Open Bar Night. Bourbon and Beam Family Trivia with Fred Noe, Master Distiller. Test your bourbon IQ, perfect scores win a chance to go on a Knob Creek barrel selection with us. There will flights of three batches from 2018 Booker’s Bourbon and your choice of one of the batches of Booker’s from RYE On […]
Join us as we go back to the late 1700s to join the early settlers of Kentucky that were traveling the Wilderness Trail with hopes in their heart and stills on their back. We will follow them on their journey into the untamed wilderness to stake their claim, grow their corn and introduce America to […]
This historic tour focuses on the Ripy family of Lawrenceburg, KY. We will take you on a journey beginning with the young Irishmen, James and John Ripy, who left their home in Tyrone, Ireland for the cliffs of the Kentucky River. We will follow the growth of the family from James’ initial foray into distilling […]
Bring your sweetheart for a Bourbon tasting Our third annual Valentine's Day event 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, involves a trip to the barrelhouse for tasting our rye and Bourbon from the barrel. Cost is $50 per couple and includes a souvenir Wilderness Trail tasting glass. Master distiller Shane Baker will lead this excursion that […]
100 Proof Old Forester Cocktail Class with Sara Reed. This will be a great class to learn how versatile a bourbon Old Forester Signature (100 proof) is when preparing classic and your soon to be favorite cocktails. It is a hands-on class where each guest will be making at least 3 cocktails.
History of Bourbon I: Origins through the Third Dark Age (1780s to 1980s) Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 6:00 pm and Sunday, Feb. 24 at 3:00 pm The boom-and-bust cycle of America’s history is reflected in our relationship with our Native Spirit, Bourbon. What started as a sharp, clear, rye grain-based liquor sold in jugs right […]
