Entry for April 14, 2007
Yesterday was great. We started the day in Cinci. We stayed the night before at the Hyatt (we got a great deal on Priceline.com) We got up, had breakfast and headed for Makers Mark Distillery in Loretto, KY.
The tour was fantastic and it will be featured in an upcoming EdTech Musician Podcast. We saw the entire process from beginning to end. Grain grinding, making the mash, fermentation, filtering, bottling, labeling, and wax seal dipping. We even got to put out hands into the fermentation tanks to smell and taste the young bourbon.
We dipped our own bottles in the trademark red wax and had a wonderful scenic (albeit hilly) drive up to Louisville passing two other distilleries.
After checking in we took a little rest then headed to the performance sight vis shuttle bus. We waited outside the rehearsal room and listened to the Cincinnati Bass Band run through their program which, by the way, is the exact same program as ours. They sounded clean and precise. This should be a tight competition. Our rehearsal was as expected but seemed to lack the energy and shine that we were used to. The performance should be better.
Everyone seems very business like today. No nerves, no anxiety, just business as normal. Well! At least that's how I feel.
The food on the trip has been great. We ate a Willies Sport's Bar Thursday night and then headed to The Rock Bottom Brewery for a night cap. Saw a strange family almost get into a redneck all-out brawl at Willie's. Friday night after rehearsal we went to The Pub in 4th Street Live Louisville and had fish and chips, shepard's pie and great beer. Todd and I enjoyed Speckled Hen on tap and Lori had a Schmitick's. Jeff had Monty Python's Holy Grail Ale. Todd and I had a bourbon sampler as a night cap.
Today, we slept in-not because we had to. I was in by 11:30 the night before and I slept in because I could.
We met for an early lunch here a the Galt House and had a wonderful Hot Brown (a Louisville specialty of toast, sliced turkey, mushroom sauce, tomato, cheese and bacon.).
We are waiting to go to the performance venue. We are going to drive ourselves instead of taking the shuttle. We anticipate a huge rush on shuttles after our late performance so we decided to take our fate into our own hands.
More to follow!
The tour was fantastic and it will be featured in an upcoming EdTech Musician Podcast. We saw the entire process from beginning to end. Grain grinding, making the mash, fermentation, filtering, bottling, labeling, and wax seal dipping. We even got to put out hands into the fermentation tanks to smell and taste the young bourbon.
We dipped our own bottles in the trademark red wax and had a wonderful scenic (albeit hilly) drive up to Louisville passing two other distilleries.
After checking in we took a little rest then headed to the performance sight vis shuttle bus. We waited outside the rehearsal room and listened to the Cincinnati Bass Band run through their program which, by the way, is the exact same program as ours. They sounded clean and precise. This should be a tight competition. Our rehearsal was as expected but seemed to lack the energy and shine that we were used to. The performance should be better.
Everyone seems very business like today. No nerves, no anxiety, just business as normal. Well! At least that's how I feel.
The food on the trip has been great. We ate a Willies Sport's Bar Thursday night and then headed to The Rock Bottom Brewery for a night cap. Saw a strange family almost get into a redneck all-out brawl at Willie's. Friday night after rehearsal we went to The Pub in 4th Street Live Louisville and had fish and chips, shepard's pie and great beer. Todd and I enjoyed Speckled Hen on tap and Lori had a Schmitick's. Jeff had Monty Python's Holy Grail Ale. Todd and I had a bourbon sampler as a night cap.
Today, we slept in-not because we had to. I was in by 11:30 the night before and I slept in because I could.
We met for an early lunch here a the Galt House and had a wonderful Hot Brown (a Louisville specialty of toast, sliced turkey, mushroom sauce, tomato, cheese and bacon.).
We are waiting to go to the performance venue. We are going to drive ourselves instead of taking the shuttle. We anticipate a huge rush on shuttles after our late performance so we decided to take our fate into our own hands.
More to follow!
2007-04-14 16:13:09 GMT
