Bourbon Trail Passport Field Trip-April 2024

Let’s hit the Bourbon Trail with Pam Howard, our very own Wine and Spirits Travel Director!

Overview

Our inaugural Bourbon Trail Tour in February sold out in 8 hours, and the March trip sold out in 2 days, so if you want to join us for the next open trip in April, sign up soon!

Join us on our Bourbon Trail Tour, with bourbon expert Pam Howard – our Wine and Spirits Travel Director here at Travel Avidly. This trip will include a luxury van with driver, bourbon education, visits to TWELVE bourbon distilleries, including one private and very exclusive VIP distillery tour with tastings, overnight hotel accommodations in downtown Louisville, and meals as noted in itinerary. We’ll get a FREE Bourbon Trail Passport ($25 value) that allows us to collect stamps at the distilleries we visit, unlock rewards, and is our official record of our journey. https://kybourbontrail.com/field-guide/ So, 12 distillery visits with one that features an exclusive VIP tour with tastings and special insider demonstrations not available to the general public – if you’re a bourbon connoisseur, then this is a Bourbon Trail Tour you won’t want to miss! There are only 10 slots so sign up soon.

Highlights

Bourbon Trail Passport, to be stamped at each distillery
Private VIP Tour and Lunch at Bardstown Distillery
Twelve Distillery Visits to get your Passport stamped (some have complementary tastings, others are optional for your purchase)
Overnight in Downtown Louisville Hotel by Whiskey Row
Private Luxury Van with Driver
All Meals as noted in Itinerary
Bourbon Education by certified Bourbon Expert

Day 1 :

The Drive to Kentucky with 4 Distilleries, one with a Full Tour with Tastings

We’ll meet in the parking lot at Cool Springs Wine and Spirits located in Franklin TN at 6:00AM sharp to get in our luxury van. Then we’ll begin the drive to Kentucky, and along the way our guide Pam will educate us about all the fine nuances of bourbons and bourbon tasting. She’ll fill us in about the bourbon distilleries we will be visiting over the 2 days, and the special unique treats we may have the opportunity to get that aren’t normally available in liquor stores.

We should arrive in Bardstown Kentucky around 10:00AM, where we’ll go to these 3 distilleries to see what “special” things they may have, and have our passport stamped:

Heaven Hill

Lux row

Willett

** (some have complementary tastings, others are optional for your purchase)

We’ll provide a box lunch and bottled water in the van!

Next up at 1:00PM is a full, in-depth tour at Maker’s Mark Distillery, complete with complementary tastings. This will take a couple of hours.

From there we’ll drive into downtown Louisville, where we’ll check into our hotel. We’ll rest a bit, then meet up for dinner. After dinner, the night is yours to further explore downtown Louisville.

Lunch, Dinner

Day 2 :

Continue with 8 Distilleries today, then head home.

After breakfast at the hotel, we’ll check out and load our luggage in the van. We will then continue our bourbon explorations and getting our passports stamped. Today we’ll visit these 8 distilleries (some are within easy walking distance from our hotel, others we will be driven to):

Michters

Evan Williams

Old Forester

Angels Envy

Peerless

Rabbit Hole

Bulleit

Stitzel-Weller

**Note – we will have one tour today at one of the above distilleries, with tastings included; tastings at other distilleries are available for you to purchase

At this point, it’ll be time to head home, so we’ll drive back to Tennessee. Our goal is to get into Franklin by 8 so you’ll be able to have your Friday night dinner plans on your own.