August 18th, 2009
August 13th, 2009
The next two days I’ll be at the Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, KY. The main purpose of my visit is to attend Elmer T. Lee’s (Master Distiller Emeritus) 90th Birthday Party, which is tomorrow (Friday). But there will be some other activities going on too.
Tonight is a dinner at the distillery with fellow writers, including Lew Bryson, Chuck Cowdery, Paul Pacult and Jim Murray. Tomorrow during the day, we’ll be tasting some experimental whiskeys, followed by Elmer’s party later on in the evening.
I might not have enough time blog that much, but I do have Twitter loaded up on my Blackberry. If I discover anything noteworthy to share with you (either informative or humorous), I’ll tweet about it.
How do you follow me on Twitter? It’s easy. You can follow me directly by logging on to twitter to follow me formally (@JohnHansell), or you can just go on to my blog here at WDJK and check my most recent tweets (under “what I’m doing”), which are automatically feed to the right margin below the summary of my recent blog postings.
I’m sure I’ll have a lot to share with you from my trip. And I’ll eventually get it into a blog posting, but you’ll get the info practically real time on Twitter in the interim.
July 28th, 2009
For those of you who don’t know, Elmer T. Lee is Master Distiller Emeritus of the Buffalo Trace Distillery, a true living legend, and man who has his own single barrel bourbon named after him.
He is turning 90 years old in a couple weeks. There will be a small birthday party for him, and I’m flying down to be there for the party.
I thought it would be nice if I we could let him know how much we appreciate all that he’s done for the bourbon industry and wish him a Happy Birthday too. If you would like to say a few words, please post them below. I’ll bring your well wishes with me and give them to him when I see him.
Maybe you tried his bourbon and enjoyed it? Maybe you appreciate what Buffalo Trace has done over the years (even back when it was called Ancient Age Distillery)? Maybe you met him at a WhiskyFest and enjoyed his company?
Go ahead and say a word or two if you feel inclined. I’ll see that he gets your comments. Thanks!
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