No, it smelled like mildew actually. I would have preferred a nice red oak pee smell. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
We just got back from a long weekend visiting friends in Lexington. Did the bourbon tours as well even though I’m the only bourbon drinker in the group. Buffalo trace was my favorite. Went back there for a second time on our last day and took a private history tour. Highly recommended! They took us into the recently unearthed 1873 OFC distillery building built by Col. E.H. Taylor that houses 11,000 gallon fermenting tanks. The room up until 2016 was buried under concrete. The rickhouses smelled incredible. Something sort of surreal about being at the distilleries. If you enjoy bourbons or ryes, take a trip to central Kentucky. This trip really heightened my appreciation for bourbons. And now I really, reallllly want to fell a white oak and make my own barrel. Haha!
Whoo! That must have been great! Buffalo Trace is my go to sipping bourbon. Won't leave ya poor, smooth and tasty as a guy could ask for. One of these days we'll have to get down there and take the lay of things. Kentucky and Tennessee are on the short list of retirement destinations (along with ME, NH, and NC) that we dream about getting to in.. Oh.. Thirty years or so.
One of my FAVORITES from Buffalo Trace is their Weller Special Reserve. But unfortunately I've got to many favorites. Tonight's flavor though is Woodford Reserve.
Super cool thread! For all you low rent horders like me the same thing can be done with neutral corn liquor and toasted oak chips Takes a week or 2 per half gallon depending on how much chips you use. Liquor can be sourced from your local hillbilly still rat, or Tito makes some darn good corn vodka. I'm sure some of you can chime in and tell how gooder this method works.
