Bourbon Trail

Day 3 of Senior week: this one is pretty self explanatory so I'll just get on with the pictures :)

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Get on the bus let's go yo!
more fun than two soon to be MDs should be having...RAAaaaWWWwwrrR!!

on the road....hi amita :)

j.cory what what?!

First stop...Woodford Reserve

barrels and barrels of that yummy whiskey bourbony goodness

ingredients for your shopping list....corn meal, rye, and barley i believe

another action shot of miz marj

learning about the extensive whiskey/bourbon making process...15 minutes in everyone still looks pretty interested

the infamous copper stills which we were told are the only ones in operation?!

kentucky's finest

i always thought they were different. turns out its called "bourbon whiskey"

the old buildings at this distillery just blow me away. they're gorgeous and take me back to a place i've never been.

lunch break! and the start of my love affair with Jimmy Johns :)

next stop....Wild Turkey aka redneck bourbon

nailing in the bungs?

the storehouses. look a little different from woodfords huh?

at least it wasnt 900 degrees inside, although i was a little creeped out. small spaces + old buildings ...eeep!

Feeling how hot the mash gets. That stuff will seriously knock you on your bum bum if you take too big of a breath while leaning into the vat and its HOT!  (mona quit looking at me!!)

the S shaped bridge that we took a tour bus across. Yes its across a river, Yes its only two small lanes, Yes they made a point to tell us it was recently widened by a few feet, and YES i was terrified and prayed the entire time we were driving across it. Cant you just see the headlines...."50+ soon to be physicians die tragically. Plummeting to their death while on bourbon trail just days before graduation" ahhhh!

Next stop.... Four Roses. 

As you will see I only have one picture from here. It was Hot as bananas out, it was late in the day, we were tired, 2 hours behind schedule, and "whiskied out" By this time we were all over it, and sure as heck fire, tired of learning about how bourbon is made. I just wanted to buy my bourbon whiskey for the hubs and get the heck home. Over and out whiskey drinkers....

we made plans to go to a winery next week ;-)