by gillmang » Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:27 pm
I report on these on SB basically but will add here it was a first-class event. Didn't have too much luck with the oldies on the table, most seemed off in flavor due to long bottle storage. A couple from the 70's were very good though and the best older one was a circa-1950 Old Forester which was not that different from that brand today, a little more nutty perhaps and less citric.
Great to see some older faces there which some here will remember including Bettye Jo and the courtly Bobby Cox and his wife. A fine time enhanced by the unusually cool weather, it's not easy to sip neat in 85 F.
I (re-) toured Four Roses and Heaven Hill in the company of a friend who was a first-time attendee to the area, and the tours just get better.
Gary