Just got back so I’ll add these: 1. Some distillery gift shops aren’t open on Sunday Monday &/or Tuesday 2. Taters line up at other gift shops in the morning other than Buffalo Trace 3. Buffalo Trace products are very scarce at liquor stores around the bourbon trail 4. The liquor stores around the bourbon trail have inflated prices (see Toddy’s for some shockers)

We just did the ISC barrel tour in Lebanon. Highly, Highly recommended!!!

Great video, as always. I’ll be heading down very late summer. Im glad you talked about food stops. As much as I’m looking forward to all things bourbon…I cannot overstate how much I am looking forward to going back to Rick’s White Light Diner in Frankfort. I think about it and crave it often and am eager to try some favorites again and discover some new items. Definitely making a point of eating there a couple times. This is a very high recommendation. A quirky dive looking place that’s easy to miss. Rick is CIA (Culinary Institute of America) trained and the quality shows. Have a great trip. I hope you put up a vid about finding the good stuff!

Perfect timing! I was actually going to ask you your thoughts on this exact topic in one of your recent streams since I am planning a trip with my dad. Hell yea

Going on the bourbon trail right after you so very useful video. Thank you

Thanks for info. Going in August with my son for his 21st birthday! Tips are appreciated!

I am going to be doing this trip very soon so I definitely appreciate the tips

Thanks for the tips!

Also Star Hill Provisions (when it opens back up) is a great place to grab lunch while at Makers. The new Log Still Distillery (not quite built but looking awesome) is about 10 minutes west of Makers. Limestone Branch Distillery (Yellowstone) is 15 minutes east of Makers in Lebanon. Both small but pretty cool.

The Taylor tour at Buffalo Trace is not to be missed!

Planning on going on bourbon trail (2nd time) in spring 2023. Appreciate the tips and advice. 👍🏼 I’ll look up the egg salad sandwich at willet!

Great recommendations

Might see you there. Going with a group at the same time and yes…had to schedule tours months ago.

my advice from my quick visit while passing through was don't go during the middle of covid and not long after all the protests that happened in Louisville. Definitely wasn't much open.

Great video, as always! The tips I would add from my experience on the Bourbon Trail: 1) Be mindful that with travel, tour schedule times and lunch, you will only be able to cross 3-4 off a day. Unless things have changed (I did tours in '15,'16, '17, '18) most places do their last tour around 3pm or 4pm. So if you do 2 in the morning and then do lunch you will most likely only have time to do one more. 2) If you are in Bardstown, eat at Mammy's. 3) Unless they have a harder to come by bottle, wait till after the tours and hit up a few local shops. Prices will be a bit better in most cases and you won't impulse buy a bottle that is just meh because you were caught up in the ambiance of the distillery.

Just did the Bardstown barrel thieving tour Friday. Highly recommended. It was really good.

Very cool, brother! DrewPGolf episode 1 filming too?!

My wife and I have a tour set up Wednesday at Old Forester in the afternoon. We are going to eat lunch somewhere in that area then head down to Heaven Hill for their connosisseur tour later in the afternoon. We are staying over in that area then heading to Four Roses Thursday. I have never done this and can't wait. I had a tour set up at Bardstown but changed my mind and wanted to check out Four Roses.

I’ll be down there July 25th - 31 and I second all these tips especially booking ahead

Maker's Mark was the first stop on our bourbon tour a few years ago and yes, it is beautiful, but bourbon tasting at 10:15 am is really not a habit I wanna start. My favorite stop was the one where my son and I went to Old Forester's distillery on Whiskey Row in Louisville. Great from beginning to the end including watching them firing up the barrels. Highly recommend. Must avoid? The Evan Williams Experience. The bourbon tasting is fine, but everything else was "meh." Straight up for the first-time tourist.

Another tip if I may: pack salty snacks for the car. Definitely helped to have a little tailgate snack and chat about the tasting/distillery/etc before heading out.

just got back, good whiskey just as hard to find there. all the premium bourbon is in secondary stores at double or higher. make sure to eat at Bardstown Bourbon or Willet's if in Bardstown. Food at Bardstown was awesome. Also a note Bardstown shuts down between 9-10 PM Also they're lining up at distilleries every day @ 7am to get in gift shops.

Live in Cincinnati, son went to Law school at Maquette. Very similar Cities! Good golf. You would love Stonelick.

Dude, you need to try the Texas Whiskey Trail. Just hit five distilleries with my son. They were all great but Garrison Brothers was awesome!

Good stuff, Drew! Great point about mixing up the types of tours to keep it interesting.

thanks bro

Just got back from a week in KY...a lot of tours are now wide open. Buffalo Trace let us walk right in. Woodford let us change tours on the spot. Be vaccinated or bring a mask. BT and Barton screened.

Great .

Drew P. Where are you going in the Cincinnati area? If you let me know your schedule, I would be happy to meet you. I'm a big fan. Some suggestions: Hit the Party Source in Newport (literally next door to New Riff, they share a parking lot). Also DEP's Fine Wines and Spirits usually has great store picks. I have also heard that the Costco in Northern KY, has good deals. Keep in touch and I'll give you more information. Cheers David

Exactly! The standard tours are all pretty much.the same. Splurge and do the exotic tours. Or tastings.

As I get older, I like to have someone do the planning. Are there any good guides/tour companies that take care of the driving and setting up the tours for me?

Sad I live in Louisville and have yet to do it. Been to Jim beam a bunch to do car shoots but since covid most places have been closed.

Hit up Boone County when you go to the Cincinnati area. They are awesome and their cask strength (that you can only get there) is killer! I wish I could keep them a secret, but I also want to see them flourish and grow!

I wanna go on a tour so bad!

Have you ever toured Driftless Glen?

If you’re near Louisville Heritage Hill is must play. En

I just went to Buffalo Trace yesterday their website is screwed up you don't have to book at all just show up they'll get you a tour we just walked in they had so much extra slots, mind you it was busy there but still the tours run often so you can definitely get in!

What qualifies a passport stamp? Just showing up? The standard tour? Any tour? A tasting?

Just imo both the Bar at Willett and BBC are both hipster type places that aren't my jam. on the other hand, Mammy's is a great down home place to eat with big helpings if you like the sound of that

Barton’s in Bardstown is free owned by Buffalo trace or Sazerac

Maker's tour is not what it was...hopefully it'll open back up after Covid. Couldn't see production or bottling. Was my absolute favorite tour in 2013.

Hedded to knob creek from waukesha early Oct how far out you thinking?.

What's the deal with the clock?

Don’t know if anyone else has asked this…. Why is your clock going backward in time?

What’s with the clock?

Any recommendations for Bardstown if you only have one day?

It’s like watching Baker Mayfield talk about whiskey

Wild Eggs in Louisville for breakfast. Fantastic!

Let's be honest... We all go to get bottles we can't get back home

What Inn and tour did your friend hook you up with?

DPW's been gone a while 😐

Where should you stay at in Louisville?

Where are you going getting wasted doing distillery tours? You're only allowed 1.75 oz on a tour in KY. Yeah you can buy a bottle to drink after or hang out ordering cocktails. But the tour itself is just a tasting and everyone knows tasting are classy.

My tip thoroughly emphasized from my trip to the Bourbon Trail for the first time last year: DO NOT go in June. Seems so obvious considering it is Kentucky, but still. I was against going in June but the principle planners of the trip had to go in June. It was hot, HOT, HOT. And of course, there was a heat wave perfectly timed for our arrival. Average temperature of 93 degrees. Even at night outside our air-conditioned RV, it was 90 degrees, so yeah, don't go in the summer unless your sole objective is contributing to the bourbon tourism economy. Looking forward to going in the autumn or spring next time.

You do realize , the Bourbon Trail is state sponsored drunk driving.

Yawn

I’m guessing this is your first time going to the distilleries? You seem new….