Rant/Rave: Bourbon

The forum for ranting, raving, complaining and praising
User avatar
GeddyWrox
Caught you a delicious bass
Posts: 12947
Joined: April 20 06, 8:43 pm
Location: Please use blue font for the sarcasm impaired.

Re: Rant/Rave: Bourbon

Post by GeddyWrox »

Thanks Sigh!

User avatar
CardsofSTL
All Hail the GDT Master
Posts: 47817
Joined: April 26 11, 6:06 am
Location: Columbus, OH

Re: Rant/Rave: Bourbon

Post by CardsofSTL »

sighyoung wrote:
June 24 21, 1:31 pm
GeddyWrox wrote:
June 23 21, 4:48 pm
Thinking about my first trip to Bourbon Trail this fall. Recommendations? Stay in/near Bardstown or in Louisville? Which distilleries are must-see vs others?
While I haven't been on the Bourbon Trail, I've had friends who have done parts of it. Based on what they said, I'd stay in Louisville: there's more to do/places to eat in Louisville (and some stops downtown) than in Bardstown, and it's easy to drive out there and back.
I only went to the Frankfort area distilleries when I was down there for a friend's wedding. Woodford Reserve was the most interesting to me. But I only visited.. Three I think? Maybe get a list and see how many you want to visit and that might help with planning for accommodations as well. But Louisville is definitely the better place to stay if you want some options as Sigh pointed out.

AWvsCBsteeeerike3
"I could totally eat a pig butt, if smoked correctly!"
Posts: 27273
Joined: August 5 08, 11:24 am
Location: Thinking of the Children

Re: Rant/Rave: Bourbon

Post by AWvsCBsteeeerike3 »

GeddyWrox wrote:
June 23 21, 4:48 pm
Thinking about my first trip to Bourbon Trail this fall. Recommendations? Stay in/near Bardstown or in Louisville? Which distilleries are must-see vs others?
I was driving from ~Pittsburgh, PA to Little Rock one time which took me through Bardstown. Got on the Blue Grass Pkwy (?) and saw Bardstown was along it so figured i'd stop there for the night without doing much due diligence. Driving through, figured I'd see a few signs along the highway for hotels. I didn't. Had ot pull out my phone and ended up at a dump of a motel around 2 am, got a cup of coffee around 6 am at the adjacent dump of a gas station and gtfo of there.

Not saying I saw the best of it, but Bardstown didn't strike me as a tourist destination. Looking at google earth, I don't think I'm wrong.

Louisville is an awesome city in it's own right with a ton to do/see and can't be but an hour drive or so from Bardstown.

Re: distilleries and the Bourbon Trail, IDK anything about them.

User avatar
CardsofSTL
All Hail the GDT Master
Posts: 47817
Joined: April 26 11, 6:06 am
Location: Columbus, OH

Re: Rant/Rave: Bourbon

Post by CardsofSTL »

AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote:
June 24 21, 3:12 pm
GeddyWrox wrote:
June 23 21, 4:48 pm
Thinking about my first trip to Bourbon Trail this fall. Recommendations? Stay in/near Bardstown or in Louisville? Which distilleries are must-see vs others?
I was driving from ~Pittsburgh, PA to Little Rock one time which took me through Bardstown. Got on the Blue Grass Pkwy (?) and saw Bardstown was along it so figured i'd stop there for the night without doing much due diligence. Driving through, figured I'd see a few signs along the highway for hotels. I didn't. Had ot pull out my phone and ended up at a dump of a motel around 2 am, got a cup of coffee around 6 am at the adjacent dump of a gas station and gtfo of there.

Not saying I saw the best of it, but Bardstown didn't strike me as a tourist destination. Looking at google earth, I don't think I'm wrong.

Louisville is an awesome city in it's own right with a ton to do/see and can't be but an hour drive or so from Bardstown.

Re: distilleries and the Bourbon Trail, IDK anything about them.
Elitist talk.

AWvsCBsteeeerike3
"I could totally eat a pig butt, if smoked correctly!"
Posts: 27273
Joined: August 5 08, 11:24 am
Location: Thinking of the Children

Re: Rant/Rave: Bourbon

Post by AWvsCBsteeeerike3 »

CardsofSTL wrote:
June 24 21, 3:16 pm
AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote:
June 24 21, 3:12 pm
GeddyWrox wrote:
June 23 21, 4:48 pm
Thinking about my first trip to Bourbon Trail this fall. Recommendations? Stay in/near Bardstown or in Louisville? Which distilleries are must-see vs others?
I was driving from ~Pittsburgh, PA to Little Rock one time which took me through Bardstown. Got on the Blue Grass Pkwy (?) and saw Bardstown was along it so figured i'd stop there for the night without doing much due diligence. Driving through, figured I'd see a few signs along the highway for hotels. I didn't. Had ot pull out my phone and ended up at a dump of a motel around 2 am, got a cup of coffee around 6 am at the adjacent dump of a gas station and gtfo of there.

Not saying I saw the best of it, but Bardstown didn't strike me as a tourist destination. Looking at google earth, I don't think I'm wrong.

Louisville is an awesome city in it's own right with a ton to do/see and can't be but an hour drive or so from Bardstown.

Re: distilleries and the Bourbon Trail, IDK anything about them.
Elitist talk.
I am nothing if not elite.

User avatar
sighyoung
Mayor of GRB
Posts: 37618
Joined: April 17 06, 7:42 pm
Location: Louisville

Re: Rant/Rave: Bourbon

Post by sighyoung »

GeddyWrox wrote:
June 23 21, 4:48 pm
Thinking about my first trip to Bourbon Trail this fall. Recommendations? Stay in/near Bardstown or in Louisville? Which distilleries are must-see vs others?
This old Louisville thread had lots of suggestions: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=64047

User avatar
GeddyWrox
Caught you a delicious bass
Posts: 12947
Joined: April 20 06, 8:43 pm
Location: Please use blue font for the sarcasm impaired.

Re: Rant/Rave: Bourbon

Post by GeddyWrox »

Thanks Sigh! I'll read through that today!

User avatar
sighyoung
Mayor of GRB
Posts: 37618
Joined: April 17 06, 7:42 pm
Location: Louisville

Re: Rant/Rave: Bourbon

Post by sighyoung »

GeddyWrox wrote:
July 12 21, 7:14 am
Thanks Sigh! I'll read through that today!
I should note that some of the restaurants mentioned in 2019 have closed due to the pandemic, but the big restaurant rows (Bardstown Road, Frankfort Avenue in the Clifton and Crescent Hill neighborhoods, the NuLu neighborhood on East Market) are still rolling, and there are lots of other choices, depending upon where you stay or where you want to go, including some downtown, in Old Louisville, Germantown, South Louisville (Vietnam Kitchen), and along or near Barret Avenue just off of Broadway.

There are also restaurants farther out along Shelbyville Road and Hurstbourne Parkway, but those streets are often hectic at rush hour and have a strong strip-mall vibe that I don't like.

User avatar
GeddyWrox
Caught you a delicious bass
Posts: 12947
Joined: April 20 06, 8:43 pm
Location: Please use blue font for the sarcasm impaired.

Re: Rant/Rave: Bourbon

Post by GeddyWrox »

I did my bourbon trail trip last week and had a great time. And I had the distinct pleasure of meeting up with Sigh for the second time. He truly is a gentleman and a scholar!!!

User avatar
CardsofSTL
All Hail the GDT Master
Posts: 47817
Joined: April 26 11, 6:06 am
Location: Columbus, OH

Re: Rant/Rave: Bourbon

Post by CardsofSTL »

GeddyWrox wrote:
October 4 21, 3:50 pm
I did my bourbon trail trip last week and had a great time. And I had the distinct pleasure of meeting up with Sigh for the second time. He truly is a gentleman and a scholar!!!
The hell are all the samples?

Post Reply