lady horses until he has piqued their interest then dejectedly lumber back to the stable as the real Lothario ambles in. It’s enough to drive a bourbon-country horse to drink. Until recently, the 2,000-acre
Ashford farm in Versailles, Kentucky was the home of the much-respected Taylor family. Besides making them wealthy, their Old Taylor bourbon brought them fame in Versailles and around the world. The Taylors long ago left the bourbon business behind
CHRIS NORRIS
Born into the seventh generation of the Jim Beam family, as a boy Noe thought he might try his hand at something other than whisky. So when he finished high school, he set off to higher education. “After eight years and a lot of my dad’s money I got out of college,” says Fred. He has been making the world’s best- known bourbon ever since.
and their namesake whisky is now made at Buffalo Trace distillery. I didn’t make it to Buffalo
Trace, but from my visits to Stizel- Weller, Wild Turkey, Maker’s Mark, Woodford Reserve and Beam distilleries it’s clear that for every great bourbon we have at LCBO, Kentucky has 25 more on offer. So the next time another single malt tempts you, head to the bourbon shelf instead. There’s a lot there to tickle your whisky fancy.
FRED NOE If bourbon is the first thing
we think of when we think of Kentucky, horses have to be second. As luck would have it, one morning the twisting roads of backwoods Kentucky deposited me at Ashford Stud Farms. And here I learned a thing or two. Now, before your gleeful imagination runs wild picturing the lifestyle of its residents, an essential feature of the Ashford life is “Honor.” It’s worse than you think. Honor
is a professional teaser stallion. His job? Flirt with the visiting
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