Road trip

Light streams in to one of the Maker's Mark bonded warehouses, where their bourbon is aged for about six years. Below, cypress fermentation tanks bubble with their special strand of yeast that survived prohibition.

I'm back home after a short but very sweet road trip up to Kentucky bourbon country with good friends Eric Larson and Travis Dove (along with several others we saw along the way). We had a great time touring around the beautiful Bardstown area, visiting distilleries and conducting many important scientific taste tests of their amber goodness. On the way back through we managed to stick around Atlanta long enough to check out the PhotoShelter city tour event, where it was fun to hang out with Grover, Allen, and Meagan (plus local shooter David Banks) after the show over a few beers. Giant props go out to photo stud Mark Adams and his wife Erin, who were kind enough to put us up in da ATL.

The house is currently under siege from shipping containers filled with a bunch of new crap I bought (horrible timing: buy and then leave town!) and I'll likely be busy completely geeking out over the next few days trying to get everything moved over to the new Mac Pro system. (If anyone is interested or knows someone who is looking: I'm selling my great condition G5 tower - email for info). Luckily the girlfriend is so busy on her new med school rotation that she barely notices.

I'll post a more proper write-up of the bourbon festival and a few very cool discoveries we made sometime soon. Until then enjoy these snaps from Loretto, KY, home of the Maker's Mark distillery.

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Comments (5)

John, it was a ton of fun hanging out. Looking forward to it again. Anytime you're in Atlanta, give us a call!

I'm going to drop my images right now. That bottle of rye is calling my name.

Can I assume you made it up to the Beam plant? The miniature still in the old house is quite fascinating. The fact that they offer free shots while you browse only enhances the experience.

i'm thirsty

We were only able to hit 3 of the distilleries (they really should expand their hours at least during the festival!), including Makers, Beam, and Woodford Reserve. I can't wait to get back to check out the other 4 that are open to the public.

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