by Mint Julep Experiences | May 23, 2022 | Bourbon, Nashville, Spirits
Nashville is home to seven distillery experiences, with more in the works as we speak. If you’re a first-time traveler to the Music City or a Nashville proud, born-and-raised resident, these distilleries offer a fun, whiskey-soaked time for those looking to explore...
by Mint Julep Experiences | Apr 17, 2022 | Beer, Bourbon, Culinary, Horses, Lexington, Louisville, Sightseeing, Spirits
While situated smack dab in the middle of Bourbon Country, Lexington, Ky., is probably better known for horses — and perhaps University of Kentucky college basketball. Nevertheless, it’s the second-largest city in the bluegrass, so there are plenty of things to do in...
by TOMIS | Dec 16, 2021 | Barrel Select, Bourbon, Louisville, Nashville, Spirits
Private barrel select programs — or, shall we say, buying bourbon by the barrel — typically take place inside rickhouses, set among hundreds of barrels that all contain that beautiful brown high-proof nectar we call bourbon. Most distillery tours include a peek inside...
by TOMIS | Dec 9, 2021 | Barrel Select, Bourbon, Louisville, Nashville, Spirits
Once you dip your toe into the wide world of whiskey, you get inundated with lots of specific terms, descriptions, experiences, etc., like small batch, unfiltered, barrel strength, white dog, bung hole, rick house. While we won’t dive into the bourbon dictionary in...
by Mint Julep Experiences | Dec 7, 2021 | Barrel Select, Bourbon, Louisville, Nashville, Spirits
Until recently, bourbon and whiskey barrel picks — or barrel select programs — were only available to retail outlets, bars and restaurants, but now more distilleries have lessened the restrictions on these one-of-a-kind experiences, allowing bourbon/whiskey clubs and...
by Mint Julep Experiences | Sep 14, 2021 | Nashville, Spirits
Twenty-eight years. Remember that number, as it plays a big part in the history of Tennessee’s whiskey distilling industry. Much like the early settlers in Kentucky, the pioneers who landed in Tennessee found a landscape ripe for distilling, with its natural...
