One of many highlights of the Chilled 100 ELEVATE are the excursions to the distilleries.
Boarding buses provide a possibility to have conversations with different attendees. On the identical time, you journey by the Kentucky countryside and may see the rolling hills. This 12 months, we had the added pleasure of seeing the autumn leaves displaying their brilliance beneath the Kentucky daylight.
We arrived at 4 Roses Complicated in Lawrenceburg and have been graciously greeted by the employees, who ushered us into their comparatively new academic and retail house. Ready on the massive bar have been espresso cocktails. With cocktails in hand, we browsed a bit within the retail division of the constructing.
Then, we have been divided into two teams. Group 1 instantly went on the distillery tour, whereas Group 2 entered the academic room the place bourbon tasting was arrange.
Group 1
Headphones are supplied for each particular person to boost the flexibility to listen to your information above the roar of the equipment within the distillery. Strolling down the hill to the distillery, we handed the unique buildings. The buildings are on the Nationwide Registry of Historic Locations for its yellow Spanish Mission structure, an uncommon web site on this a part of the nation.
Persevering with down the trail, we walked outdoors the constructing the place the mash is delivered and the place waste from the brewing is saved till farmers come to say it for his or her fields. Sustainability stays a guiding drive within the brewing course of.
The yeast, probably the most beneficial and guarded element of bourbon processing, bubbles in numerous phases in massive open tanks throughout the constructing. The method all the time begins with a descendant of the unique yeast. You possibly can odor it, style it, and take pictures and movies. Water remains to be obtained from the unique supply, the Salt River.
All of the whereas, your information shares the phases crucial to supply award-winning bourbon. When you full the roughly 45-minute tour, you head as much as the primary constructing for tasting.
Group 2
The massive room had 4 bourbon samples on every labeled placement and a bundle of oyster crackers. We discovered our place and listened to the corporate’s historical past.
Factoids:
• 4 Roses was named as a result of Paul Jones Jr. proposed with a four-rose corsage in in regards to the 1850s.
• After Prohibition, Seagram’s purchased 4 Roses.
• Europe is their largest market.
• They’ve 25 warehouses, that are lengthy and large, so barrels shouldn’t have to be stacked excessive. This constructing development helps eradicate temperature fluctuation from the bottom to the highest barrel.
• Barrels are charred for 45 seconds solely earlier than the getting older course of begins.
Tasting Included:
• 4 Roses Small Batch Choose Bourbon – 104 Proof/Aged 6-7 years.
• 4 Roses Single Barrel Bourbon – 100 Proof/Aged 7-9 years.
• 4 Roses Small Batch Bourbon—90 Proof/aged 6-7 years.
• 4 Roses Bourbon—80 Proof/Aged Minimal of 5 years.
The distillery tour, the bourbon tasting, and studying in regards to the historical past led to 1 factor left to do: store. We headed into the expansive and well-appointed shows with all the things from 4 Roses Bourbon to glassware to sip from.
With our purchases in hand, we headed to the buses. The employees with a particular reward was ready for us on the door. The reward was a bartender’s backpack, rugged, well-padded by the Cocktail Kingdom, adorned with the 4 Roses emblem.
Again on the bus, it was nap time. We knew within the afternoon; we might have the chance to attend extra excellent seminars organized by the convention planners on the Brown Lodge.
