We started the day by heading south of Louisville, beyond Bardstown and on to Maker's Mark Distillery. Another beautiful setting and another good tour. We have only done two full distillery tours on this trip, this one and Buffalo Trace. Both tours were good and in may ways complimentary. But if I had to pick one over the other, I'd pick the Maker's Mark tour. That said, there is a charge for the Maker's tour and the Buffalo Trace tour is free. Today's tour included the fermenting rooms which was a nice plus. Also at the end of the Maker's Mark tour you get to "dip" your own bottle of bourbon in the iconic red wax Maker's seal.
We also stopped by the Willett and Jim Beam distilleries. Again well manicured and ready to sell us as much bourbon as we wanted
Following the distillery visits, Sandy and I returned to Louisville where we picked up a box of Kentucky Fried Chicken and headed to Cave Hill Cemetery (a most beautiful cemetery with huge and elaborate gravestones). Here is buried, Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. We had a cemetery picnic of the KFC chicken at his gravesite, our way of honoring and thanking him. We also visited the gravesite of Louisville native and boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
Tonight we went to the Black Rabbit speakeasy for cocktails and small bites. This was a unique bar that maintained its speakeasy roots in every way that it could. To get in, you enter a small room and knock on the back of a bookcase, the bartender opens a small peep hole, we identify ourselves and then he opens the hidden door which is the bookcase. Our bartender, Austin, was an accomplished mixologist who was proud of his own twists that he has included in some of the cocktails.
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