Time to move on… The caravan moves to Bardstown, KY, the center of Bourbon production in Kentucky…
But first, we attended services at the Christ United Methodist Church in Bowling Green…
(I didn’t take this photo – I stole it off the internet…)
It was a remarkable little church and the services was excellent – lots of singing by EVERYONE! ABout 130 people by my estimate. Old People, young people, everyone! Olde time hymns, plus the Gloria Patri and the Doxology… It felt good to sing!
And then we moved on.
We hitched up the Villa and headed to Bardstown, KY. We are staying at the White Acres RV park.
We set up easily and quickly, then we drove about 1/2 hour away to check out the Jim Beam Distillery.
Unfortunately, tours were sold out for the day; we made a reservation for Tuesday.
We walked around a bit and learned something about the Beam family; here is the family tree of Master Distillers for the past 150 years of so…
Booker Noe was not a direct descendant, but was a nephew of T. Jeremiah Beam; his son, Fred Noe is the current leader. Jim Beam is now owned by Beam Suntory, which is owned by Fortune Brands, an Multi-national holding company that owns many brands of wine, beer, and spirits.
We did do a tasting of three premium versions of Jim Beam Bourbons…
Jim Beam Bonded – 100 Proof Bourbon: Just OK
Jim Beam Black – Extra Aged Bourbon: Not bad; nice and toasty, smooth
Jim Beam Double Oak – Aged in a second new oak barrel after 3-5 years in the first new oak barrel: Pretty good. Very smooth…
Jim Beam also makes Knob Creek, Bakers, Basil Hayden’s, and, of course, Bookers. We will have a chance to taste these after our tour on Tuesday…
We returned to the campground and enjoyed a dinner prepared and organized by a team of fellow caravaners…
And an enjoyable time was had by all…
Adventures in the Villa 
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