Celebrate National Bourbon Heritage Month with the Kentucky Derby Museum and Four Roses Bourbon as we host a special 50th anniversary dinner in honor of Senior Brand Ambassador and bourbon legend Al Young.
Join us Thursday, September 7th at 6-9pm for a delicious, five-course bourbon-centric, progressive style dinner served throughout the Museum. Each course will pair perfectly with a different Four Roses Bourbon.
As guests make their way to different areas of the Museum for the next course, Four Roses Master Distiller Brent Elliott and the Museum’s Bourbon Authority Fred Minnick will host a brief introduction and discussion of each bourbon pairing. The evening will end with a toast to Young with a pour of his hand-selected 2017 Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Small Batch Bourbon, just released this June.
Al Young has served in a variety of roles at Four Roses for the past 50 years. In 1990, he became Distillery Manager and in 2007 was named Four Roses Brand Ambassador, a role that has him crossing the country sharing the story of Four Roses and its Bourbon. He is also historian for the storied 129-year-old Kentucky Bourbon brand, having researched archives, distillery records, news accounts, photos and artifacts in order to write the coffee-table book Four Roses: The Return of a Whiskey Legend, published in 2010. Al Young was inducted into the Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame in 2015 and is also a member of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame.
THE EVENING’S MENU
PASSED APPETIZERS:
Bourbon Smoked Almond Chicken Salad on Endive, Bourbon Pepper Jelly, Cheese Wafer, Smoked Salmon, topped with Vidalia Onion, Bourbon Crème Fraîche, Capers, and Bourbon Smoked Paprika, paired with Classic Twist on an Old Fashioned – Four Roses Yellow Label
SMALL PLATES:
Frisée, Beet Micro Greens and Peppery Arugula, Jumbo Grilled Shrimp, Poached Pear, with Bourbon Pear Vinaigrette, paired with Four Roses Small Batch
Angel Hair Pasta, Morels and Assorted Wild Mushrooms, and Bourbon Cream Sauce, paired with Four Roses Single Barrel
Petite Filet, Bourbon Compound Butter, Honey and Walnut Roasted Brussel Sprouts, paired with Four Roses Secretariat 40th Anniversary Bourbon
DESSERT:
Apple Bourbon Crisp, Louisville Cream Ice Cream, and Bourbon Whipped Cream, paired with 2017 Limited Edition 50th Anniversary
Small Batch Bourbon
Bottles of Young’s hand selected 2017 Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Small Batch Bourbon will be available for purchase and a number of limited edition 40th anniversary Secretariat Bottles will also be up for raffle.
Tickets are $100 per person. Seating is limited for this intimate event.
For any questions, please contact Zoie Wilson: [email protected]