Masiku ndi aafupi, usiku ndi mdima ndipo pali nsonga mumlengalenga - palibe nthawi yabwinoko yosangalalira kutentha ndi kununkhira kovuta kwa bourbon. Ndipo palibe malo abwinoko oti muyeserepo kuposa Kentucky, yomwe imapanga zoposa 95% zapadziko lonse lapansi.
Mukhoza kupeza kukoma kwenikweni kwa mbiri ndi kupanga kwa America kokha mzimu mbadwa pamodzi Kentucky Bourbon Trail, mgwirizano ndi ulendo kuti Kentucky Distillers 'Association anapangidwa mu 1999. Njira wapangidwa ndi distilleries eyiti, anayi masango kuzungulira Bardstown, Ky., ndi anayi pakati pa Kentucky.
Bourbon "amalumikizidwa ndi Kentucky ndipo adathandizira Kentucky padziko lonse lapansi," akutero Jeanine Scott, yemwe akulemba buku lonena za Bourbon Trail ndipo amagwira ntchito ndi Kentucky Historical Society. Njirayi "imakopa anthu ochokera padziko lonse lapansi."
Frank Coleman, wachiŵiri kwa pulezidenti wa bungwe la Distilled Spirits Council of the United States anati: “N’zodabwitsa kuti anthu odzaona malo a kachasu ndi ochuluka bwanji. Inayambitsa Njira ya Whiskey yaku America yomwe imatenga ma distilleries pa Bourbon Trail. Kwa osadziwa, bourbon iyenera kupangidwa ndi 51% ya chimanga chomwe chakalamba kwa zaka zosachepera ziwiri m'migolo yatsopano ya oak.
“Zinali zofala kwambiri kugwiritsa ntchito mbewu popanga zakumwa zoledzeretsa,” akutero Scott. "Ku Kentucky, chinali chimanga."
Kuphatikiza pa chimanga, mwala wa miyala yamchere yomwe imapezeka pakati pa Kentucky ndi pakati pa Tennessee imatsuka madzi, kuwapangitsa kukhala abwino kuti asungunuke, akutero Coleman.
Iye anati: “Mabourbons aakulu kwambiri amene anapangidwapo masiku ano.
Bourbon pafupi ndi Bardstown, Ky.
Maker's Mark, ku Loretto, Ky., ali mtunda wa makilomita 16 kunja kwa Bardstown pamsewu wokhotakhota wanjira ziwiri womwe uli ndi mizere yachikasu njira yonse. Mudzadziwa kuti mwafika mukawona nyumba zitapakidwa utoto wofiirira wakuda ndi zotsekera zofiira zodulidwa kupanga mawonekedwe a botolo la Wopanga. Maker's amapanga chinthu chimodzi chokha, ndipo paulendo wa ola limodzi mudzawona mbali zonse za kupanga kwake, kuchokera ku phala lophulika mu fermenter ya cypress mpaka pamzere wa botolo, kumene botolo lirilonse limaviikidwa pamanja mu siginecha yofiira sera. Pamapeto paulendowu, mutha kulawa Wopanga ndikuyesa dzanja lanu kumiza botolo lachikumbutso ($ 16) - ndizovuta kuposa momwe zimawonekera!
Kupambana kwa dziko la vinyo ku California kunalimbikitsa Bourbon Trail. Inatsegulidwa mu 2004, Heaven Hill Bourbon Heritage Center kunja kwa Bardstown ili ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale za bourbon. Kumeneko mudzaonera filimu yonena za Elijah Craig, mlaliki wa Baptist amene ananena kuti anali woyamba kusunga bourbon mu oak charred chifukwa anali wosamala kwambiri kuti asatayitse migolo yoyaka; ndipo phunzirani kuti mawu akuti “whiskey” amachokera ku liwu la Chigaeli lotanthauza “madzi a moyo.”
Ngati mwayesa bourbon imodzi yokha yaku Kentucky, mwayi ndi wabwino kuti anali Jim Beam, bourbon ogulitsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ku Jim Beam Outpost ku Clermont, Ky., Mudzawona filimu ya mphindi 12 yonena za banja la Beam, lomwe lakhala likupanga kachasu kwa mibadwo isanu ndi iwiri, kenako mutenge ulendo wodzitsogolera nokha.
Mbiri yakale Tom Moore, malo okhawo omwe amagwira ntchito bwino ku Bardstown, adawonjezedwa ku Kentucky Bourbon Trail mu Okutobala. Palibe zokometsera ku Tom Moore, koma mutha kukonza ulendo waulere kumbuyo kwazithunzi. Ulendo wamaola awiriwa ndi chidziwitso chokwanira pakupanga bourbon.
Sippin' ku Central Kentucky
Buffalo Trace, pa Mtsinje wa Kentucky ku likulu la Frankfort, ndiye malo akale kwambiri omwe amayendetsa mosalekeza ku United States. Panthawi ya Prohibition, inali imodzi mwa anayi omwe amaloledwa kupitiriza kupanga kachasu "zamankhwala." Mudzaphunzira paulendo wa ola limodzi kuti anthu ambiri adakhala ndi chifuwa chosatha masiku amenewo.
Mafamu a akavalo okhala ndi nkhokwe zokongoletsedwa bwino, makoma amiyala ndi mipanda yamatabwa yakuda yakuda amazungulira mbali zonse za msewu popita ku Woodford Reserve. Ndipo distillery yokhala ndi nyumba zokutidwa ndi ivy ndi ubusa wokha. Paulendo wokaona malo ang'onoang'ono opangira zakudya ku America (ogwira ntchito nthawi zonse 20 okha kapena kupitilira apo) mudzawona miphika itatu ya mkuwa, yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga bourbon ku United States. Pambuyo pake, mudzasangalala ndi kukoma kwa Woodford Reserve, bourbon yovomerezeka ya Kentucky Derby.
Lawrenceburg, Ky., Ndi kwawo kwa ma distilleries awiri osiyana kwambiri ndi ma bourbons omwe amapanga. Four Roses ndiye malo osungiramo zinthu zosayembekezereka kwambiri panjirayi: nyumba zomangidwa ngati mishoni zaku Spain zomwe zili m'mphepete mwa msewu waku Kentucky. Nthawizonse chinali chodyeramo, ngakhale; mwiniwakeyo adalemba ntchito katswiri wa zomangamanga ku California ndipo anam'patsa mwayi wambiri. Chilala chachepetsa kupanga pa Four Roses ndipo maulendo ndi ochepa, koma ndibwino kuti muyime kuti muwone malo ndikuchezera malo ogulitsira mphatso.
Wild Turkey amakhala pamwamba pa phiri moyang'anizana ndi Mtsinje wa Kentucky; madalaivala akuwoloka mlathowo kulowa m’chigawo cha Anderson akulandilidwa ndi chikwangwani cholembedwa kuti, “Okonda Bourbon, Takulandirani ku Paradaiso.” Maulendo ochepa amaperekedwa pano, koma palibe zitsanzo.
