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I did really well at the show finding lots of things to add to my collection, I also had a good show
selling. In years past I would try and guess what might sell and sometimes I’d be right and other
times not. Last year I was really over thinking and ended up with stuff no one was really
interested in, this year I just packed stuff and didn’t give it a lot of thought and things sold well.
Some of the stuff I got at the show: Chivas Blending Kit, 4 Glen Els Single Malt Whiskies, some
Absinthes (I got more than just these two), New Riff bourbon, Bache Gabrielson Cognac, 1616
Rum, Sunshine Whiskey (and a whole lot more). I also won 5 raffles at the show (I normally feel
lucky if I win 1).

After the show the fun was far from being over. We still had
the trip home plus a side trip. Before the show I had talked
with David Smith about doing something after the show since
we were driving. He suggested Kentucky to visit some
distilleries. Having never been to Kentucky before we were
in. So Sunday after the show we drove to Bardstown,
Kentucky with plans to visit distilleries and do some more
bottle hunting. We ended up doing 3 distillery tours,
Limestone Branch distillery, a small operation with a lot of
history, Makers Mark a larger distillery on a beautifully
manicured site and Willett Distillery a medium sized distillery.
It was really nice as each tour was very different from the
others. If I were to describe the tours I would say that
Limestone Branch was small and intimate (everything was in
one building) and they were heavy on the history; Makers

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