So we knew about the bourbon distilleries around the area but hadn't visited any of them until Tuesday Aug 26th. Our great neighbors Mark and Crystal took us down to the Maker's Mark Whisky distillery. Its located in Loretto near Bardstown, Kentucky. Without further ado, here are the pictures!
The shutters on all the buildings and warehouses were red and had the Maker's Mark bottle outlined in them. It looked really sweet!
This is one of the warehouses where they store 4000 barrels of bourbon whisky. It was the smallest warehouse on the property. All the rest of them store 20,000 barrels!!
Look! The cutest couple on the planet!
(And yes I am wearing one of my favorites shirts! lol)
One of 2 white massive tubs where the unfiltered bourbon whisky is stored.
Normally people on the tour could go right up and see the bourbon whisky flowing but they were painting so we couldn't. :-( But one good thing is we live real close so I'm sure we'll go again soon lol
One of the coolest things on the tour was the bottling process. This is the assembly line where the whisky is poured into the bottles, labels attached and most important: the famous red wax that seals the whole thing!
The workers that do the wax dipping do 23 bottles a minute!!
Finally before we left, we got a chance to dip our own bottles. Both of us decided to be unselfish and get gifts for other people. Here are two pics of us dipping our own bottles!
All in all, I think this is definitely one of the best bourbons on the market. Besides the fact that it is primarily made of corn instead of wheat(only 5 bourbons in the world do this), it is really good tasting bourbon whisky! Until next time!
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