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Kentucky Bourbon Trail in Lexington

Lexington Leads to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Thinking of taking on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail? Let Lexington be your home base.   “Lexington is one of the gateways to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail,” says Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers' Association. “The city has a very long history with bourbon and it's a great place to start your trip.”   According to Gregory, statesman Henry Clay, one of Kentucky's most famous historical figures, used to ship barrels of bourbon to his Senate office in... Read More »
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Lexington, KY Provides Bluegrass Plate Specials

In Lexington, bourbon isn't solely for sipping. Regional cooking also infuses local liquid love into a variety of dishes, including bread pudding with bourbon sauce, bourbon ale-battered onion rings, a variety of bourbon-based sauces for meats and treats like Old Kentucky Chocolates bourbon truffles and Rebecca Ruth candy bourbon balls.   But bourbon is hardly the only thing tempting taste buds here. The Bluegrass Region is known for its beaten biscuits, cheese grits, fried banana peppers... Read More »