A list of museums on beer, distilling etc. in Flanders (Belgium, Europe) can be found on the website of the Flemish Association for Industrial Archaeology. The site is temporary down (they had an accident when moving the site to its new location on http://www.vvia.be/ ) but the information will be available again after the weekend. The most famous alcohol museum over here is of course the 'Nationaal Jenevermuseum Hasselt' (for info contact on my behalf Mrs. Ann Vandeput, director at: [log in to unmask] The museum is housed in an old distillery, protected by law and perfectly restored. Each year they produce their own 'jenever' (a kind of gin) - and the museum then becomes a working distillery for a couple of weeks. Greetings Adriaan Linters At 08:05 11/01/02 -0500, you wrote: >Come to Kentucky, You could spend an entire vacation visiting Historic >"Whiskey/whisky" distillaries. But in KY, you can't taste! (bummer), >although most have a whiskey/whisky candy (of which I have heard various >opinions). Most of these are still working factories, I wonder what we >could learn from their tours. > >Here are a couple of listings: >Buffalo Trace Distillery - Frankfort, KY (our capitol) - ><http://www.buffalotrace.com>www.buffalotrace.com >Labrot & Graham Distillery - Frankfort - historic site, restored limestone >buildings- uses pot still method - <http://www.bf.com>www.bf.com >Rebecca-Ruth Candy , Inc - Frankfort - "Orginators of Burbon Candy" - >founded 1919 >Makers Mark - Loretto, KY - (btw - they spell it whisky) - ><http://www.makersmark.com>www.makersmark.com >Four Roses Distilling - Lawrenceburg, Kentucky - the building looks like a >spainish mission >-<http://w3.one.net/~jeffelle/whiskey/4roses.htm>http://w3.one.net/~jeffelle/whiskey/4roses.htm >Wild Turkey Burbon - about a 45 min drive from Lexington - ><http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/>http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/ -(web >site is pretty slow loading) >Buffalo Trace - Franklin County, KY - ><http://www.buffalotrace.com>www.buffalotrace.com - >Jim Beam - couldn't find any tour info - but I didn't like the site - your >on your own ! <http://www.jimbeam.com>www.jimbeam.com > > >a site with some interesting info - ><http://www.visitlex.com/quick/bourbon.html>http://www.visitlex.com/quick/bourbon.html >- > >And last but not least - ><http://www.maltadvocate.com/whiskyfest/whiskyfest.html>http://www.maltadvocate.com/whiskyfest/whiskyfest.html >- Whisky Fest - Chicago, IL - April 17, 2002 - Wednesday, 6:30pm - >10:00pm - The Hyatt Regency on Wacker Ave. - ><http://www.maltadvocate.com/subscription.html>Price: $65 all inclusive > >Just a side note - Crown Royal, on the rocks, in a cut crystal glass. If >it's cheap stuff, give it to me with PEPSI (and not the diet stuff) > >Have a GREAT Whiskey/Whisky Day ! > >Sharon Buford > > >---------- >Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com >========================================================= Important >Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read >"Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).