Meet Nick Laracuente, the Bourbon Archaeologist (currently unavailable for presentation bookings)
- Archaeologist for Buffalo Trace Distillery’s “Bourbon Pompeii” discovered during the renovations on the historic O.F.C. building
- Jack Jouett Archaeology Project Director, for the once lost site of the Jouett Distillery in Woodford County.
- worked on was a Ground Penetrating Radar survey of the former James Pepper Distillery in Lexington
- Featured in the Neat: the Story of Bourbon documentary
- Adjunct professor of Bourbon Studies at Midway University – Teaches the world’s first bourbon archaeology course
- Official Kentucky Colonel
Articles & Media:
- Garden & Gun article “Meet the Bourbon Archaeologist” https://gardenandgun.com/articles/meet-bourbon-archaeologist/
- Kentucky for Kentucky article “The Bourbon Archaeologist”: https://kyforky.com/blogs/journal/the-bourbon-archaeologist
- Distiller.com article “Inside Buffalo Trace’s New EH Taylor Experience”: https://blog.distiller.com/buffalo-trace-bourbon-pompeii/
- Interview with Nick on Amber Philpott’s podcast Uniquely Kentucky for WKYT: https://www.wkyt.com/content/news/On-Uniquely-Kentucky-Bourbon-Archaeologist-Nick-Laracuente-560829841.html?ref=841
- Interview and links to a presentation with WUKY’s Allen Lytle: https://www.wuky.org/post/bourbon-archaeology-uniquely-kentucky-pursuit#stream/0
- Article by Maggie Kimbrel in Kentucky Monthly “Our Spirited History”: http://www.kentuckymonthly.com/culture/history/our-spirited-history/
- National Trust for Historic Preservation website “Buffalo Trace Distillery Uncovers ‘Bourbon Pompeii'”: https://savingplaces.org/stories/buffalo-trace-distillery-uncovers-bourbon-pompeii#.X4NFQI7YrCw
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Misspellings: Nic, Nicholas, Laurquente, Laraquente