Woodford County’s Tourism Commission has a new marketing campaign declaring the county just east of Lexington “The Birthplace of Bourbon.” Emily Downey is the executive director of the Woodford Tourism Commission. She said the karst landscape and limestone-rich soil made the county a perfect setting for early bourbon makers.
“You look back at the history of Jack Jouett. And what he did on his property with not only bourbon and hand, but then you look at things like James Crow being buried here. We really have a lot of history and heritage to support that, that it could be the birthplace of bourbon.”
