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Nunn Center Presents New Bourbon Documentary at Grand

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 30, 2011) − It’s more than 200 years of history in the making all rolled up into 40 minutes. The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries invites the public to view its completed documentary based on Buffalo Trace Distillery.

The curtain will rise on “Quest for the Perfect Bourbon, Voices of Buffalo Trace Distillery” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at the Grand Theatre, located at 308 St. Claire St, in Frankfort, Ky. A number of the personalities featured in the documentary as well as the director and film visionaries will be on hand. The documentary showing is free and open to the public.

For more than two years, Doug Boyd and the Nunn Center at UK Libraries has been working with director and producer Joanna Hay and interviewer Tom Troland to capture the stories of the people of Buffalo Trace Distillery to serve as a virtual time capsule for future generations.

The “Quest for the Perfect Bourbon” project is a compilation of interviews with the people and stories of the Buffalo Trace Distillery family, such as Master Distiller Emeritus Elmer T. Lee, and descendants of iconic figures such as Colonel E. H. Taylor Jr., Colonel Albert B. Blanton and Pappy Van Winkle

                               

All the video interviews featured in "Quest for the Perfect Bourbon" are housed on the Nunn Center website, available at: http://www.nunncenter.org/buffalotrace/. To see a two-minute preview of the documentary, visit www.nunncenter.org/buffalotrace/quest/.

UK Libraries’ Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History is internationally recognized for its outstanding collection of nearly 8,000 oral history interviews. The number of interviews available online continues to grow, providing greater access to the collection. Topics are wide-ranging from Appalachia, politics, veterans’ stories, as well as documenting important Kentucky industries such as the horse, coal and bourbon industries. To learn more about the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, visit the center online at www.nunncenter.org or www.uky.edu/libraries/nunncenter.

Buffalo Trace Distillery is a family-owned company based in Frankfort. The distillery's tradition dates back to 1787 and includes such legends as E.H. Taylor Jr., George T. Stagg, Albert B. Blanton, Orville Schupp and Elmer T. Lee.  Buffalo Trace Distillery is a fully operational distillery producing bourbon, rye and vodka on site and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The distillery has won seven distillery titles since 2000 from such notable publications as Whisky Magazine, Malt Advocate Magazine and Wine Enthusiast Magazine, and was named Whisky Magazine 2010 World Icons of Whisky “Whisky Visitor Attraction of the Year.” Buffalo Trace Distillery has also garnered more than 200 awards for its wide range of premium whiskies. To learn more about Buffalo Trace Distillery visit www.buffalotrace.com

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, (859) 257-1754 ext. 229; Whitney.Hale@uky.edu