Outside Magazine Ecourages You to Come Drink in Kentucky
A little blurb on Drinking Tours from the May 2008 edition of Outside magazine encourages visitors to hit the Derby infield (a little late for that but there's always next year), visit the Maker's Mark distillery down in Loretto and just all around have a good time here in the Louisville area. If a bourbon drinking tour sounds like a fine time you'd do well to visit JustAddBourbon.com to get info on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and the Urban Bourbon Trail here in Louisville.
THE DRAW The 134th Kentucky Derby takes place May 3 in Louisville, and while you're probably not interested in the stodgy Churchill Downs grandstand, the infield will quell your thirst for adventure: This debauched mud pit, full of fruit hurlers and flashers, inspired Hunter S. Thompson's first foray into gonzo prose (tickets, $40; kentuckyderby.com).
THE DRINK While worthy single-barrel bourbons like Elmer T. Lee's are all the rage with booze aficionados, we have a soft spot for Maker's Mark, the bourbon that first slaked our thirst when we were 21-ish. The reason is simple: Because Maker's uses wheat instead of the traditional rye, it has a softer, sweeter taste.
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