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I did find the Willett Mini at the Distillery, and it was $4 cheaper than what I had paid in St. Louis. I
like the bottle so I picked up a couple extras. Also at Makers Mark you can buy a bottle (375 or
750 ml) and dip the bottle in wax. Both Pete and I did this. In between (and after) the distillery
tours we hit up the liquor stores in and around Bardstown. The first stop we ran
into a cranky cashier, it was like we were an inconvenience to her by being there.
When David explained we were mini bottle collectors and asked her if she knew
of any other liquor stores that might have a nice selection, she gruffly said “I don’t
know I don’t go in any other liquor store”. I bought the Angels Envy there anyway,
it’s a 100 ml but I liked the looks of it. We then went to 3 or 4 more liquor stores
in the area. Poor David found some Twistee Shot minis from New Zealand with
US importers labels on, the only catch was they only came in 4 packs. So he had
to buy 4 of each flavour to get one of each of them. He sent the extras home with
us (which my kids enjoyed) as he was not going to try and take them all back in
his suitcase.

Tuesday Morning after
breakfast Pete and I started
our Journey home heading
up into Indiana. At a liquor
store in this little town in the
middle of nowhere I found
the Quiet Man Irish Whiskey
in the clearance bin (with a
bunch of plastic bottles) I bought both they
had and got to get a free bottle so I picked
out a plastic drinker. We continued our
journey through Illinois and Wisconsin not
finding anything of note in any of the liquor stores we stopped at. Spent the night in Blue Earth,
Minnesota, home of the Green Giant (and Sprout). The next day at a stop in Sturgis, South Dakota
at the liquor store we found bottles to commemorate the 79th
annual motorcycle Rally. They had 19 minis, we bought 19
minis. I almost bought a larger one too but thought better of it.

After a final night in Bozeman, Montana we started the final
stretch toward home. We stopped at a tourist trap gift shop
that I like. There is a liquor store there but I have never found
anything in it that I wanted so I let Pete check it out while I
enjoyed my Huckleberry shake out by the car. He called me
into the store after a few minutes. While they had nothing of
note up front, in the back they had something special.
Apparently, Willies, a distillery in Montana, does their minis in
plastic, except for a special set they do for Christmas. They
had one complete set and these 4 bottles. Pete took the set
and I grabbed the 4 (there is a honey moonshine that goes
with the set). Pete has since located some more of these
sets, but they are a 10 hour drive each way to get
them...Another Road trip anyone?

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