Back when I ran a Twitter account called Wanderlushdiary, people imagined I was forever chasing sunsets on distant beaches or weaving through old-world cobblestone streets. In truth, my compass spun in search of whiskey and other spirits, looking for how these spirits illuminated a culture. So, when word reached me of a hotel in Nashville curating a bourbon collection of rarefied ambition, I did what any spirit devotee worth their Pappy Van Winkle would do: I booked a room, heart thumping in anticipation.
What awaited me at the very hip, eco-conscious 1 Hotel Nashville was not merely a parade of trendy cocktails atop a gleaming rooftop. It was a revelation: some of America’s most remarkable spirit collections are secreted away in places you’d never think to look, waiting for those who thirst for discovery as much as for the dram itself.
A Bourbon Collection Worth Checking In For…