Nita and Glenn Hughes are the Harvest Hosts AleBlazers and the couple behind Cubby Van Life. Prior to now 12 months, they’ve traveled far and broad of their van to discover Harvest Hosts Breweries and Distilleries and so they’ve walked away with a number of favorites.
Three of their favourite distilleries are additionally part of the notorious Stateline Whiskey Tour. Inside 30 miles, there are three nice distilleries, Casey Jones Distillery, MB Roland Distillery, and Previous Glory Distilling Firm. By collaborating within the Stateline Whiskey Tour and visiting all three areas, you’ll obtain a present for finishing the problem. Additionally, every distillery can also be a Harvest Hosts location, so you possibly can take your time to get pleasure from every distillery and spend the evening there in your self-contained RV after your whiskey tasting.
Cease #1: Casey Jones Distillery
Casey Jones’ distillery is 70 miles northwest of Nashville in jap Kentucky. They took a very attention-grabbing tour that included the unique Nonetheless constructed by Casey Jones himself. Then they moved on to their trendy facility and realized in regards to the grains they use, their mash, and their distinctive distillation course of. Then it was time to see the bottle store and tasting room, the place they had been capable of pattern 92-proof moonshine and 30-proof flavored moonshines, bourbons, and ryes. However the star of the present was the 126-proof four-year-old Casey Jones Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
Cease #2 MB Roland Distillery
After sleeping off the sturdy bourbon from Casey Jones, Glenn and Nita headed to MB Roland Distillery. This fantastically scenic distillery was previously an Amish dairy farm. They started with a tour and realized their fermentation course of. However probably the most attention-grabbing a part of the tour was the outdated dairy bag barn, which they use to retailer barrels.
On the tasting room, Glenn and Nita got here to the consensus that MB Roland would take the prize because the distillery with the widest number of choices. They tried Kentucky bourbons, ryes, and even a premixed mint julep. However the standout spirit was the St. Elmo’s fireplace, a cinnamon and cayenne-flavored spirit. As Glenn describes it, “That is every little thing Fireball desires to be when it grows up.”
Cease #3 Previous Glory Distilling Firm
At Previous Glory Distilling Firm in Tennessee. On a tour of the distillery, Glenn and Nita discovered one thing they’d by no means seen earlier than: a 22-stage nonetheless that was so tall, that they needed to minimize a gap within the ceiling simply to suit it in. Additionally they realized the distinction between Tennessee Whiskey and all different kinds. One, it must be made in Tennessee, and two, it must be filtered by means of a sugar maple charcoal filter. This filter provides a sweetness and smoothness to the whiskey that’s unmatched.
Previous Glory Distilling Firm additionally has an in depth cocktail menu the place Rita was capable of strive a lavender lemon drop. Glenn’s favourite factor was their 100-proof Pin-Up barrel-aged American gin, which is likely to be his favourite gin of all time!
Bonus Cease #4 – Axe Deal with Distilling
Though Axe Deal with Distilling just isn’t part of the Stateline Whiskey tour, Glenn and Nita felt this location stood out to them and was one in all their prime favourite distilleries of the 12 months. Each Friday evening, they’ve dwell musicians taking part in bluegrass music. Whereas there, they bought a tour of their small batch distilling and described how they use a basket with wooden sticks to separate the botanicals, used to taste their distinctive gin. They’re additionally canine pleasant, and Glenn and Nita had a good time sitting on the bar, assembly the locals, and having fun with as soon as once more wonderful cocktails. Nita had a grapefruit martini. Glenn had a raspberry bourbon made with recent, muddled raspberries, lemon juice, easy syrup, and whiskey.
Considering following Nita and Glenn on extra of their adventures? Observe them on YouTube and Instagram @CubbyVanLife or try the Harvest Hosts Journey Collection to listen to extra about their travels throughout America.
