“Under electric candlelight in a storeroom at Woodford Reserve, one of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail’s most atmospheric distilleries, feet shuffle down a wood-planked floor. The door scrapes shut, and Stacey Oxlade, a guide of 3 years, lifts the first glass declaring, “This is Kentucky communion. You’re blessed.” …”

I recently hoped on a bus and traveled down the Bourbon Trail with the band Wild Ponies. What an experience! If you go, I’ve put together a few tips and lessons over at Paste Travel.

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