Serving up a whiskey sour at Opal Rooftop in Covington, Kentucky.
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All Roads Lead to Bourbon |
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G&G contributor
Tom Wilmes spent three days exploring Kentucky’s bourbon country, stopping for sips at award-winning craft distilleries, bottle shops, rooftop bars, and restaurants. His spirited jaunt revealed a growing whiskey landscape and shined a light on the innovation-within-tradition approach many distilleries embrace. Follow along to find out what’s next for the bourbon boom.
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Soaking Up the Flavors in Bardstown,
the Bourbon Capital of the World |
Five Ways to Elevate a
Kentucky Bourbon Excursion |
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A G&G INSIDER’S GETAWAY TO KENTUCKY |
Speaking of the South’s favorite spirit, join us this April in Kentucky at G&G Distilled for unparalleled access to the birthplace of bourbon through a
G&G-curated week of events showcasing the incredible food, people, music, and spirit of the state.
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The Best Streets to
Stroll in Charleston |
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Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Home to the University of Southern Mississippi, “Hub City”—nicknamed for its central location where rail lines, highways, and Interstate 59 intersect—offers more than school spirit. On a sunny Sunday, I discovered it’s a feast for all senses, but particularly easy on the eyes.
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Art everywhere: With almost fifty murals and more than forty painted utility boxes decorating the city, public art abounds. Downtown, the Hattiesburg Pocket Museum Art Alley made me do a double take: Is that a giant Lego sky bridge, or is my mind playing tricks? Turns out, no tricks, just treats—like 3-D works on the street creating optical illusions (scurrying mice stealing a manhole cover, a narwhal surfacing); rows of rocks painted into baseballs, watermelons, and ladybugs; and the Pocket Theater, a small eyepiece in a door inviting you to peer in and screen a short film.
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My lucky day: Entering the Lucky Rabbit, a massive flea market and antique store, I didn’t know where to look first. Rusty Coke, Gulf Oil, and Texaco signs hang overhead. Vintage purses beg for a second chance. Boxes of old baseball cards and classic vinyl weigh down tables. But the school-bus-turned-showroom of retro Pyrex dishes grabbed this kitchen geek’s attention. You could spend hours digging through decades, and that’s okay; there’s a bar on site to help keep you hydrated.
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Scenic serenity: Give me a paved, tree-shaded trail, and I’ll happily hop on a bike. When I realized Longleaf Piney Resort (my cozy home for the night) sits on the Longleaf Trace and offers e-bikes to rent, I did just that. The Trace, a rails-to-trails conversion completed in 2000, runs forty-four miles through populated areas in Hattiesburg as well as four nearby communities, but also through quiet forest. My fifteen-mile ride, hemmed by towering pines, bucolic fields, and swampy ponds with turtle-topped logs, proved a perfect afternoon wind-down.
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