Woodford Reserve

I will not lie. I have bathed and dressed in finer places, but AC’s brothers’ Money Pit establishment provided us with shelter and warmth for the evening. I did mention in a comment that Andrew’s snoring was a barrier to a good night’s sleep. But regardless, we were able to hit the road at the time we needed, and get to Woodford Reserve with plenty of time to enjoy Bourbon Flavored Coffee, and Bourbon Balls (they are a dessert ya sick asses).

So this was probably the best tour and explanation of how bourbon is made. It’s the smallest of the Bourbon Trail Bourbon Distilleries. I did find this to be quite educational in learning that Bourbon has a federal law governing how it MUST be created (At least 51% CORN). AC and I started as the only two on the tour with Nancy (our guide), but we were shortly joined by two others from Toledo.

Nancy was a Bourbon enthusiast. She loves the stuff, and when you see people loving the stuff it makes you want to love the stuff even more. So we tour the fermentation area AC got to experience what it must be like to a grain of corn/rye/barley who has just been dominated by a heaping of yeast.

Then we saw how they distill the stuff 3 MF’n TIMES this stuff to create alcohol, which is then moved into barrel storage for 6-10 years.


Then we move to the warehouse where the barrels are stored for this long. The first Pic is of AC looking up at the rows of barrels.



The next pic is AC standing in front of the first barrel filled in 1996(when the distillery was reopened), and then beside the 10th anniversary barrel. Why he decided to look like a dick, is beyond me.



We then move to the bottling area where Nancy became the hard core bitch we knew she was. She unplugs the barrel and pours it into a glass and sniffs it. Her eyes become wild and says, “SO GOOD. I think this is 125 proof so we need to add water to drop it down. But It’s beautiful.” The tour guests were salivating as we watched this. I think you can see why.



OK, we then hang out a bit more and take off for Wild Turkey and Four Roses…..AC has better stuff to say.