点评:I bought two tickets in advance for the Path to Flavor Tour at Woodford Reserve Distillery. I booked a little more than three weeks early. Regular tickets are $35 each. I used a Veterans discount for 50% off, which made my ticket $17.50. My wife used a Designated Driver ticket for $28.
We drove an hour from Louisville and arrived 30 minutes before our tour time. After we checked in, we walked across the street from the visitor center to the Woodford Reserve Cocktail Bar and Lounge. I had a glass of the Double Oaked Old Fashioned for $18. An artist was finishing a mural inside the lounge while we enjoyed our drinks.
We headed back to the visitor center and caught a shuttle bus. Our 70-minute tour departed at 2:00 PM. The tour was both indoors and outdoors. We smelled the sweet mash in huge wooden vats, then walked into the distillation room to see the six copper pot stills. After that, we went to the barrel warehouse. There, temperature and steam help age the barrels until the whiskey is ready as it reaches maturity.
Our tour ended in the gift shop tasting room. I tasted five offerings:
1. Bourbon Whiskey
2. Malt Whiskey
3. Rye Whiskey
4. Wheat Whiskey
5. Double Oaked
They also gave us a bourbon ball sweet treat to sample with each whiskey. The Double Oaked was the clear winner for me, and the Rye came in second. I liked the Double Oaked so much that I bought two bottles of it to take home. This was our last stop in Kentucky. It was a fitting way to end our trip to "The Bluegrass State."
翻译:我提前购买了伍德福德珍藏酒厂(Woodford Reserve Distillery)“风味之旅”(Path to Flavor Tour)的两张门票。我提前三周多预订的。普通门票每张35美元。我使用了退伍军人折扣,享受了50%的优惠,最终票价为17.50美元。我妻子使用了指定驾驶员折扣,票价为28美元。
我们从路易斯维尔开车一个小时,提前30分钟到达。办理完登记手续后,我们从游客中心穿过马路,来到伍德福德珍藏鸡尾酒吧和休息室。我点了一杯双桶陈酿老式鸡尾酒(Double Oaked Old Fashioned),价格为18美元。在我们享用饮品的时候,一位艺术家正在休息室里完成一幅壁画。
之后,我们返回游客中心,搭乘摆渡车。我们的70分钟参观之旅于下午2点出发。参观内容包括室内和室外。我们闻了闻巨大的木制酒桶里散发的甜美麦芽浆,然后走进蒸馏室,参观了六个铜制壶式蒸馏器。之后,我们去了酒桶仓库。在那里,温度和蒸汽帮助酒桶陈酿,直到威士忌达到成熟状态。
我们的参观之旅在礼品店的品鉴室结束。我品尝了五种威士忌:
1. 波本威士忌
2. 麦芽威士忌
3. 黑麦威士忌
4. 小麦威士忌
5. 双桶陈酿威士忌
他们还为我们每款威士忌搭配了一颗波本威士忌球作为甜点。双桶陈酿威士忌无疑是我的最爱,黑麦威士忌位居第二。我非常喜欢双桶陈酿威士忌,以至于买了两个带回家。这是我们在肯塔基州的最后一站。这真是一个完美的“蓝草之州”之旅的结尾。