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) - www.buffalotrace.com
Labrot & Graham Distillery - Frankfort - historic site, restored limestone buildings- uses pot still method - www.bf.com
Rebecca-Ruth Candy , Inc - Frankfort - "Orginators of Burbon Candy" - founded 1919
Makers Mark - Loretto, KY - (btw - they spell it whisky) - www.makersmark.com
Four Roses Distilling - Lawrenceburg, Kentucky - the building looks like a spainish mission -http://w3.one.net/~jeffelle/whiskey/4roses.htm
Wild Turkey Burbon - about a 45 min drive from Lexington - http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/ -(web site is pretty slow loading)
Buffalo Trace - Franklin County, KY - www.buffalotrace.com -
Jim Beam - couldn't find any tour info - but I didn't like the site - your on your own ! www.jimbeam.com
 
 
a site with some interesting info - http://www.visitlex.com/quick/bourbon.html -
 
And last but not least - 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. - 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

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