Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Red Barn & News

It is a beautiful red barn that you will find as you walk the grounds at Jim Beam Brands. The company transformed this old barn into one of the centerpieces on the distillery grounds. An old well sits just in front of the barn, while an old distillery building filled with whiskey barrels going through the aging process, sits directly behind it. This distillery is a great place to visit and tour. There is also a huge new grey barn with Jim Beam logos which is now a Stillhouse where visitors can wander in and out. You are welcome to walk the grounds and check out all of the beautiful buildings. Believe it or not, the distillery sits a mere quarter of a mile down the road from Bernheim Arboretum, my favorite stomping grounds.


And just a quick note to all of my friends and followers across the globe. As you may or may not know, I am based out of Louisville, Kentucky, home of the Kentucky Derby and home to the Bluegrass Region with its beautiful horse farms. But soon I will living in Nashville, Tennessee, as my job as been transferred and I chose to stay on with my company and make this move. While this is not how I had planned to spend my January, pulling up stakes, and moving three hundreds miles south, I am looking at the positives. I will be two and a half hours from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park which cuts that drive almost in half. And I will be able to visit the beautiful town of Franklin, south of Nashville, which is known for its rolling farm fields and quaint small town with wonderful shops and restaurants. And I will even be closer to the Land Between the Lakes which is in southwest Kentucky, but will be a shorter drive for me living in Nashville. There are many other positives too, I wanted to travel to Charleston and Savannah in the next few years on a photo trip. Well, now I will be able to drive there as it will be close enough to drive in an easy day's time. I hope that all of you will wish me well as I make my way South to the Country Music Capital of the World. ENJOY!

Linking to Barn Collective
Linking to Wednesday Around the World

11 comments :

  1. Very cool.

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  2. How neat, I collect Mail Pouch Barns and other advertising. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  3. a red barn.. so american! I would really love to see your part of the country! Maybe next time!

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  4. Nice picture, I love that barn! All the best for your move to Nashville!

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  5. I love Kentucky and was so, so sad when we traded the bluegrass for snow. Good luck with your move and happy snapping Savannah. I love barns and red is my favourite colour--you've managed to to combine the two.

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  6. Moving can be a bother, but lots of new sights would be welcome. I would love to see the Smokies some day.
    Rebecca

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  7. Great photo and info. I know you will find lots of great stuff to tell us about after you move!

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  8. Best Wishes and Good Luck on your move.

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  9. Nice! Love the advertisements on barns. I don't live in Nashville, but we are there often. I think you will like that area. Thanks for linking up this week!

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  10. I'm a New England girl that's so in love with Kentucky. I hope you will like TN...my husband and I hope and pray that someday soon, we will be able to move to KY. So much of his family is there, I believe there is even a Mattingly cousin, in his family! I've been to the big "red barn" in your photo. Such a lovely place.
    Best wishes to you with your move.

    Dawn
    "A Place for Pictures and Memories"

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  11. I have only been through Nashville once or twice, but grew up near Cumberland Gap, TN....I hope you enjoy TN as I still consider it home, though I have lived away from it almost twice as long as I lived there.

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