New Orleans Bourbon Festival's Best-Kept Secret Exposed
This year, I returned to the NoLA Bourbon Fest (now outdoors!) and made the rounds again, and the brands came to play. I tried high‑proof single barrels, experimental finishes, and even one of the year's most anticipated releases.
New Orleans is known for many things: debaucherous celebrations, multicultural cuisine and music, and bourbon.
At this point, you know my favorite festival activity is asking brands if they’ve got anything hidden under the table, like I’m a full‑blown tater begging for Blanton’s. I swear they don’t mind. At last year’s New Orleans Bourbon Festival, that one question got me previews of upcoming releases and some wild experimental pours.
This year, I returned to the NoLA Bourbon Fest (now outdoors!) and made the rounds again, and the brands came to play. I tried high‑proof single barrels, experimental finishes, and even one of the year's most anticipated releases. Watch it all unfold in the video below.