The Wild Turkey Distillery in Anderson County is redefining its tasting room experience by introducing an ambitious cocktail menu that features both classic drinks and innovative mixes. Visitors who expected to sample bourbon found themselves enjoying unique cocktails like 'Always Shining,' a refreshing blend of Wild Turkey 101 Rye and other ingredients. With David Bates leading the bar program, the distillery embraces modern mixology, showing that tasting rooms are evolving from simple sampling locations to trendy cocktail bars.
Expecting to grab a neat pour of the latest Russell's Reserve Single Rickhouse, I instead noticed most visitors were drinking an Ectocooler-green cocktail.
'Traditionally a lot of distillery tasting rooms and visitor centers didn't place much focus on modern bar programs,' says David Bates, who runs Wild Turkey's bar program.
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