Bardstown, Kentucky, Bourbon Capital of the World
With Kentucky the main producer of the world’s bourbon, and the city of Bardstown surrounded by more than 10 bourbon distilleries, this town in north-central Kentucky has branded its self as the bourbon capital of the world. Bourbon, which has been brewed in Kentucky since at least 1795, when Jim Beam introduced “Old Jake Beam Sour Mash”, is a corn-based whiskey that is aged in charred oak barrels. The rickhouses where bourbon is stored are a common site in different parts of Kentucky, and especially near Bardstown.
