American Whiskey Trail

The American Whiskey Trail is a promotional program of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States that promotes the distilled beverage industry of the United States. The Trail was announced to the public on September 28, 2004.

The trail

The American Whiskey Trail consists of historical sites and operating distilleries open to the public:

• George Washington Distillery Museum, in Mount Vernon, Virginia
• Fraunces Tavern Museum, in Manhattan, New York
• Gadsby's Tavern Museum, in Alexandria, Virginia
• Woodville Plantation, in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania
• Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey, in Bardstown, Kentucky
• West Overton Museums, in Scottdale, Pennsylvania
• Oliver Miller Homestead, in South Park, Pennsylvania

Operating whiskey distilleries open to the public:

• Buffalo Trace, in Frankfort, Kentucky
• Jim Beam, in Clermont, Kentucky
• Maker's Mark, in Loretto, Kentucky
• Tom Moore, in Bardstown, Kentucky
• Wild Turkey, in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
• Woodford Reserve, in Versailles, Kentucky
• George Dickel, in Tullahoma, Tennessee
• Jack Daniel's, in Lynchburg, Tennessee

Also included are two rum distilleries:

• Bacardi, in Catano, Puerto Rico
• Cruzan, in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Sites along the American Whiskey Trail can be visited in any order or sequence desired.

A separate "trail" program run by a different organization, the Kentucky Bourbon Trail operated by the Kentucky Distillers' Association, contains nine well-known Bourbon distilleries in Kentucky: Bulleit (Louisville), Evan Williams (Louisville), Four Roses (Lawrenceburg), Heaven Hill (Bardstown), Jim Beam (Clermont), Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company (Lexington), Maker's Mark (Loretto), Wild Turkey (Lawrenceburg), and Woodford Reserve (Versailles).

See also

• American whiskey

References

• Barr, A. Drink: A Social History of America. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1999.
• Grimes, William. Straight Up or On the Rocks: A Cultural History of American Drink. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
• Lender, Mark E., and Martin, James K. Drinking in America: A History. New York: The Free Press, 1982.
• Popham, Robert E. The Social History of the Tavern. In: Israel, Yedy, er al. (eds.) Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems. New York: Plenum, 1978. Volume 4. pp. 255–302.
• Rorabaugh, William J. The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979.
• Rorabaugh, William J. Alcohol in America. Magazine of History, 1991, 6, 17-19.
• Roueché, Berton. The Neutral Spirit: A Portrait of Alcohol. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1960.

External links

• American Whiskey Trail (official web site), Distilled Spirits Council of the United States