35 Years of Kentucky Bourbon Festival: The Bourbon & The Myths

Aussie Bourbon Lovers · Oct 22, 2026 · 13m · transcript

Is Kentucky Bourbon Festival worth flying all the way from Australia to attend?

We think so—and this week we're explaining why.

We're opening the Kentucky Bourbon Festival 35th Anniversary Commemorative Bourbon, a limited Heaven Hill release blending 10, 12 and 13-year-old bourbons to celebrate the festival's 35th anniversary.

It's a beautiful whiskey, full of buttery caramel popcorn, chocolate, hazelnuts and silky sweetness, and one of the more overlooked bottles we brought home from Kentucky.

Then we tackle some of the biggest misconceptions about attending Kentucky Bourbon Festival.

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