Travel
Craft brewing is going wild, with
brewing companies opening rapidly
heavily on limestone water that
had been associated with bourbon
in the 1800s.
Town Branch considers itself the
largest Kentucky brewery. It makes
two beers, light and ale. The ale
variety is kept six weeks in barrels
originally filled with bourbon.
Kentucky has a lengthy Bourbon
Trail and Lexington has quite a few
distilleries on it. However, the two
we visited were not on the trail.
Distilleries near Lexington on the
Kentucky Bourbon Trail include:
Woodford
Reserve Distillery; Four Roses
Distillery; Wild Turkey Distillery;
Town Branch Distillery (in downtown
Lexington). Barrel House Distilling
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Three Chimneys
Individual Horse
Grazing Areas
Sixth Brewing, and Country Boy
Brewing that gave us a taste and
inside view of this booming craft
beer industry in Lexington.
(downtown Lexington) is on the
Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour.
Craft brewing is going wild, with
brewing companies opening rapidly.
Horses, Breeding
and History
The following 6 Breweries are now
open and part of the Brewgrass
Trail: West Sixth Brewing; Country
Boy Brewing;
Lexington Brewing and Distilling
Company (Kentucky Ale);
Blue Stallion Brewery;
Beer Engine; and
Rooster Brewing. Chase Brewing is
scheduled to open mid-summer. Its
taproom is already open, but they
are not brewing their own beers till
later this summer.
Three Chimneys Farm has seven
divisions, all related to various
equine functions, such as breeding
and others. It covers about 2300
acres and is home to 11 full blown
stallions. Jen Roytz was our
knowledgeable and enthusiastic
guide.
Each stallion is kept in his own stall
and pasture area. As with other male
members of the animal kingdom, the
aggressive nature of stallions
dictates that they be kept separate
In addition to Kentucky Ale
mentioned above, we visited West
25
from each other. Mares, on the
other hand, can congregate in groups
without undue dissension. Jen
pointed out several stallion toys to
us. These are, of course, larger and
more durable than those for dogs
and cats. But they serve the same
purpose, to keep the volatile
stallions contented.
On average, horses live about 25
years. Racing life may last about 5
years, before they can be converted
to breeders.
Breeding is big business. Each
offspring of these eleven stallions
has top notch genes. The Farm
receives a $35,000 fee for each
successful breeding. Since each
stallion can breed about 125
times per year, this translates