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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™.
What you get: Bloody Marys+Sunday Brunch+Bloody Mary Class – Sunday Brunch Buffet – Bloody Mary bar – Featuring UBON’s Bloody Mary mix + WTD Blue Heron Vodka – Bloody Mary Class on how to make the Ultimate Bloody with Bloody Expert, Leslie Roark Scott from Ubon’s Bloody Mary Mix – Bottle of Bourbon – a […]
In addition to our regular tours offered during the KY State BBQ Festival, sign up for an hour-long Master Distiller’s tour. These tours, led by Wilderness Trail’s Master Distiller Shane Baker, will be offered at 2 and 4 p.m. Sept. 8. The tour includes a trip to the barrelhouse where you will taste the Bourbon […]
Join us for a Master Distillers Panel in conjunction with the Kentucky State BBQ Festival. What you get: – 5 Bourbon Expert panelists will each discuss a specific topic such as Bourbon Women, History of Bourbon, the Importance of Yeast, Differences between Sweet mash and Sour mash, Differences between Pot Stills and Column Stills, […]
What you get: Food+Music+Bourbon – – Whole Hog buffet by Mike “The Legend” Mills @17ST BBQ – Live entertainment – Music all night – 2 Drink tickets – 3-day Fast-Pass to the event – $10 Food voucher to the Pitmasters – Bottle of Bourbon – a one-of-a-kind Single Barrel, Special Edition Bourbon from our hosts […]
Wilderness Trail's Wheated Single Barrel Bottled in Bond Kentucky Straight Whiskey and Rye Whiskey are enjoying huge success with their release in the Mid-Atlantic market. The Rye Whiskey sold out in 27 hours and the Bourbon sales are predicted to follow suite. Shane Baker says, "Wilderness Trail is happy about that and the market is, […]
The Kentucky State BBQ Festival is excited to share the news that this year’s event will be held at the historic Wilderness Trail Distillery grounds in Danville on September 7, 8, and 9, 2018. Come HUNGRY to the Kentucky State BBQ Festival. Click here for directions to Wilderness Trail. Fri Sept 7 5p-10p Sat Sept 8 11a-10p Sun Sept 9 11a-6p […]
Join Wilderness Trail Distillery's co-founders, microbiologist Dr. Pat Heist and Master Distiller Shane Baker, as they take you from Bourbon's beginning with yeast and a mash bill to filling your own bottle in the barrelhouse. Taste and experience differences between yeast, sweet mash and sour mash, Kentucky water sources, various grains and processing. You also […]
