Moving to your new home in the Bluegrass State has probably kept you busy for months. But once you’re all settled in, take a trip to get to know the fine spirit this state is famous for. When it comes to alcohol, America isn’t known for producing world-renowned products, but our one claim to fame is bourbon, the majority of which comes from Kentucky.The Kentucky Bourbon Trail takes you through the beautiful Kentucky countryside to visit six different distilleries for tours, demonstrations, and tastings. Kentuckians have been producing bourbon since the 1700s. One of the three original counties in Kentucky is known as bourbon. When the Kentucky whiskey was first being made and shipped to New Orleans along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, it gained its distinct flavor and color from enduring the long trip inside oak barrels. These barrels of whiskey, containing a stamp from Bourbon county, soon earned the name Bourbon whiskey. (more…)