Tidbits Lovers Leap Vineyards and Winery Named for an Appalachian term for the cicada, Jarfl y Brewing is a bona fi de local craft brewery located within a historic retail hub — the circa 1904 Goldenberg Furniture building in downtown Somerset. Lemons Mill Brewery has the distinction of being the fi rst tavern or tap room in Harrodsburg since Prohibition. That’s a lot of pressure – but the brewers handle it with laid-back style and full-on fl avor, including their thirst-quenching Jalapeno Ale. Bowling Green’s fi rst craft brewery, White Squirrel Brewery , features live music and pub grub – with several dishes made with beer. Yum! Equus Run Vineyards in Midway makes world-class wines surrounded by the picture-postcard scenery of thoroughbred horse farms and historic stone fences. Paducah’s Purple Toad Winery , Kentucky’s largest and most award-winning winery, gets two thumbs up for its red and white wine sangria slushes. Sip Chambourcin, Traminette and other French-American hybrids at Cave Hill Vineyard & Winery , a labor of love in the layered hills of Eubank. Take a carriage ride into the vineyard at the international award-winning Reid’s Livery Winery in Alvaton. “Equine and wine by design,” it’s where visitors can enjoy both horseback riding lessons and wine tastings that include food pairings. Overnight at Owenton’s Elk Creek Vineyards , a destination winery with lodging, winemaking tours and live music on weekends. Dine on a vineyard-to-table menu at the new Farmer & The Frenchman Winery in Robards, inspired by historic European wineries. Beyond Bourbon: A Roundup of "Other" KY Spirits Unfl avored, fl avored, made of hemp or heirloom corn, moonshine and other spirits have come out of the hills and into the tasting rooms. • Paducah’s Silent Brigade Distillery makes Kentucky moonshine, along with apple-, apple pie-and peach-fl avored varieties. silentbrigadedistillery.com • Shelbyville’s Jeptha Creed off ers a menu of bourbon, fl avored and unfl avored vodka and moonshine (including a tangy Louisville Lemonade Moonshine) as well as apple pie, blackberry and original – all made using the distillery’s four-grain corn mash. jepthacreed.com Wines & Vines Napa Valley, Sonoma . . . Kentucky. When it comes to spirits, Kentucky may be more famous for its bourbon, but in 1798 it was the site of the country’s fi rst commercial vineyard. And get this: By the late 1800s, Kentucky was the nation’s third-largest grape and wine producer. There are wineries and vineyards across the state, each as distinctive as their winemakers and the land on which they are set. • Harrodsburg’s Olde Towne Distillery is the fi rst distillery in the United States to produce hemp moonshine. Maple, watermelon and blue raspberry moonshines comprise just a few of the fl avors you’ll fi nd here. oldetownedistillery.com For more information on Kentucky’s signature spirits and craft beer, visit: kentuckytourism.com/food • In addition to bourbon and rye whiskey, Wilderness Trail Distillery, Danville’s oldest legal distillery, crafts vodka and rum made from Kentucky sorghum molasses. wildernesstraildistillery.com kentuckytourism.com 39
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