Four Roses Distillery - A Fragrant Destination on the Bourbon Trail

Founder, Paul Jones, Jr., moved his business, which hethey sold only blended whiskeys, and moved Bourbon
started in the 1860s, to "Whiskey Row" in Louisville,sales to the European and Asian markets.
Kentucky in 1884. Legend has it that he sent aThe Kirin Brewery Company bought the Four Roses
proposal to a Southern belle who replied to him sayingtrademark in 2002 and named it Four Roses Distillery.
she would wear a corsage made of roses to theSince the early 1800's, Kentucky's famous distilleries
upcoming ball. As he awaited her answer, she arrivedhave crafted the world's finest bourbons, using secret
at the ball wearing a corsage made of four red roses.recipes and a long-established process passed down
In 1888, Four Roses Bourbon was named such as afrom generation to generation.
symbol for his love of the Southern belle.Step into our country, and let it sweep you off your
The Paul Jones Company bought one of the fewfeet.
distilleries allowed to make medicinal Bourbon duringFrom Clermont to Bardstown, Lawrenceburg to
prohibition, the Frankfort Distilling Company, in 1922, andLoretto, Louisville to Lexington, we have the down and
Four Roses became one of the top Bourbon brands.dirty on how to play hard and live well in Bourbon Trail
Seagram bought the Frankfort Distilling Company inCountry. Whether it's touring distilleries, sipping
1943 and they decided to suspend the sale ofKentucky bourbon, or exploring local horse farms?
Kentucky Straight Bourbon in the United States, whereWe have that.