12/30/2010
Before we could continue our journeys we had to fill up the gas tank. While I was pumping the gas this lady who worked at the gas station came up to me and started talking to me about where we were coming from and where we were headed. Really friendly lady. I chalked it up to that Southern hospitality you always hear about. When I got back in the car Laura brought my attention to the “We pump the gas” sign. Oops.
Kentucky supplies more than 95% of the world’s bourbon whiskey, and a group of distilleries make up the Bourbon Trail. Being teetotalers we went for the history rather than the free samples and focused our attention on the Bourbon Heritage Center in Bardsville.
This is a modest museum where visitors are treated to a little film on the history of Bourbon, with a particular emphasis on Heaven Hill Distilleries and how much more awesome this particular brand is than all the others. Did I mention who runs the museum?
The apparent highlight of the museum is this giant keg-shaped room where visitors enter and are given free samples of many types of bourbon. Laura, the kids and I didn’t go in there, but everyone else was in there for a long time. I wonder who was driving everyone home?
If I sound flippant I’m not trying to be. In fact, both Laura and I agreed that it was interesting to learn about the creation of bourbon and its importance in Kentucky history. Even nondrinkers can appreciate that.
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