>> DID YOU KNOW KENTUCKY HAS MORE NAVIGABLE MILES OF WATER THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE U.S.

EXCEPT ALASKA?

>> IS ALASKA STILL A STATE?

>> 90,000 MILES OF STREAMS AND DOZENS OF RIVERS.

>> IT IS ALSO QUITE FAMOUS FOR SOME OTHER LIQUIDS, THOSE WHICH FLOW FROM A BARREL, THAT BEING BEERS, BOURBONS AND WINES.

KNOWN DISTILLERIES CAN BE FOUND >> MANY OF THE WORLD'S BEST RIGHT HERE IN THE BLUEGRASS STATE, AND INTERESTINGLY, ENOUGH PRETTY DARNED CLOSE TO MANY OF OUR LAKES, RIVERS AND STREAMS.

>> WE'RE HERE TO TAKE YOU ON AN EXPEDIION OF THE SECRETS AND HISTORIES OF OUR INTRICATE WATERWAYS WHILE VISITS KENTUCKY's DISTILLERIES, BREWERIES AND WINERIES.

>> I'M CARRIE.

>> AND I'M KYLE.

AND WE'RE TWO KENTUCKIANS WHO ARE PRETTY PROUD OF OUR STATE.

WE'LL SHARE A SIP OF WHAT THE COMMONWEALTH HAS TO OFFER.

>> GOOD MORNING, MISS CARRIE.

WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE AT THIS -- WHATEVER IT IS BEHIND -- THAT LOOKS MORE OR LESS BROKEN?

>> WELL, IT IS BROKEN, BUT THIS IS LOCK NUMBER 10 ON THE KENTUCKY RIVER.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE LOCK IS BROKEN.

BUT THE DAM STILL WORKS, SO WE'LL PUT IN DOWNRIVER SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PORTAGE.

>> PORTAGE, PORTAGE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

BUT I ASSUME THAT IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH HOW YOU'RE GOING TO TRAVERSE THE WATERWAY TODAY MAYBE?

>> YEAH.

THE KENTUCKY RIVER IS BROKEN INTO 14 SECTIONS, SO WHEN YOU GET TO A LOCK AND A DAM, YOU HAVE TO TAKE OUT OF THE RIVER AND CLIMB OVER THE DAM.

THE LOCKS AND DAMS WERE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1836 AND 1917.

AND THEY USED TO CARRY A LOT OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.

BUT TODAY, ONLY FOUR OF THEM STILL HAVE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.

SO NOW IT IS JUST SMALL CRAFT THAT WE HAVE TO CARRY OVER THE LOCKS AND DAMS.

>> WELL, I'M OVER THE DAM.

SO YOU GET IN YOUR KAYAK AND YOU GO DOWN HERE AND YOU GET TO CLIMB OVER THIS 14 TIMES?

>> WELL, IF YOU WANT TO PADDLE ALL 255 MILES OF THE RIVER, YES.

BUT TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN DOWN HERE PAST THE LOCK AND DAM AND PADDLE DOWN SIX MILES THROUGH THE PALISADES.

>> WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, I'M GOING LEXINGTON TO LEARN ABOUT BEER.

>> IMAGINE THAT!

>> YOU'LL SEE THIS WILL BE COOL.

OKAY, SO AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO THE FIRST VINEYARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> REALLY?

>> FIRST, FIRST.

WE'RE TALKING, THOMAS JEFFERSON AND STUFF.

LIKE HERE IN KENTUCKY, DOWN THAT RIVER.

I'M OUT OF HERE.

HAVE FUN!

>> REALLY?

>> RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

OKAY.

SINCE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO JOIN ME IN LEXINGTON, SERIOUSLY, HAVE FUN ON THE RIVER, AND PLEASE DON'T DROWN.

>> I WON'T.

SEE YOU LATER.

>> ADIOS.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE HERE IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, GETTING READY TO GO AND CHECK OUT COUNTRY BOY BREWING.

WE JUST LEFT CARRIE ON THE RIVER AND SHE'LL PADDLE AROUND AND DO WHATEVER SHE DOES WHEREEVER SHE DOES IT.

WE ON THE OTHER HAND WILL LEARN ABOUT WHERE THIS NAME CAME FROM, WHERE THIS IDEA CAME FROM AND THESE GUYS HAVE LIKE OVER 20 DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEERS THAT THEY PRODUCE, SO I'LL FIND OUT WHERE THEY COME UP WITH THESE IDEAS.

AND THAT'S IT.

LET'S DO THIS.

LET'S GO!

LET'S GO!

>> KYLE!

>> WHAT IS UP, MY MAN!

>> HOW ARE YOU, MY FRIEND!

>> HAVE A SEAT.

>> EVERY DAY IS AN ADVENTURE.

I CAN'T COMPLAIN.

>> NO DOUBT.

I THINK I KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT.

>> WELCOME TO THE TAP ON CHERRY AVE.

IN LEXINGTON.

>> OH, MAN, THIS IS THE PLACE.

WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS.

>> THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED HERE, MY FRIENDS.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS IS, YOU GUYS, YOU HAVE TRIED AND TRUE BREWS THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE UP HERE ON THE MENU.

>> SURE.

>> AND THEN YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING NEW.

IT CHANGES ALL THE TIME, AND THAT'S WHAT IS AMAZING ABOUT IT >> AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE REASON THAT WE GOT INTO THIS AND GOT INTO HOMEBREWING TO BEGIN WITH IS THE EXPERIMENTATION SIDE OF IT.

IT IS MAKING BEERS WITH CRAZY INGREDIENTS AND DOING STUFF WE MAY NEVER THINK OF DOING AGAIN BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE THE CORE BRANDS ON.

IF YOU LIKE THOSE, YOU COME IN AND THEY ARE HERE.

BUT IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, EVERY TIME YOU COME IN, THERE WILL BE SOMETHING NEW TO YOU.

THE BOARD WILL BE CONSTANTLY ROTATING AND IT IS FUN.

>> WHAT'S YOUR ROLE IN THIS?

WHERE DID YOU COME IN TO PLAY ON THIS, AND HOW DID THIS EVEN COME TO BE?

>> YES, SO MYSELF AND ONE OF OUR PARTNERS NATHAN, WE LIVE IN JAPAN FOR THREE YEARS TEACHING ENGLISH.

WE HAD A GOOD BLOG WRITING ABOUT CRAFT BEER IN JAPAN IN ENGLISH, AND WHEN WE CAME BACK TO KENTUCKY, WE HOOKED UP WITH ONE OF THE OTHER PARTNERS AND JEFF AND NATE AND THE NAME, WE KEPT COME BACK TO IT.

WE'RE ALL FROM KENTUCKY AND COUNTRY BOYS AT THE END OF THE DAY SO LET'S NOT OVERTHINK IT AND LET'S CREATE A BRAND AND WE'LL CALL IT COUNTRY BOY BREWING.

THAT'S WHO WE ARE.

AND IT CAME TOGETHER SO EASY >> YOU KNOW, THE LOGO, THE LOOK, THE NAME, IT IS ALL VERY DISTINCT.

THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING TO NAMES.

>> YEAH.

>> AND BRANDING WITH THIS.

>> IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

WHEN PEOPLE DRINK THE LIQUID, THEY WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S DELICIOUS BECAUSE THE BEER IS FIRST AND FOREMOST BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STORY BEHIND AND IT A PERSONALITY BEHIND AND IT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME FUN.

FOR US, WE ENJOY THE NAMES THAT WE NAME OUR BEERS THEM ADD CHARACTER TO THE LIQUID.

WHETHER IT IS COUGAR BAIT OR AIMLESS MOSES.

SOME OF THE FUN NAMES THAT WE COME UP WITH, THEY ADD A CHARACTER TO THE LIQUID AND REPRESENT US A LITTLE BIT.

WHERE WE TAKE OURSELVES SERIOUS IN THE SENSE THAT, WE TAKE OUR BUSINESS SERIOUS, WE TAKE THE TASTE AND QUALITY OF THE LIQUID SERIOUS BETTY END OF THE DAY, WE'RE JUST MAKING BEER.

THIS IS NOT BRAIN SURGERY.

WE'RE MAKING A LIQUID THAT MAKES HAVE FUN WITH IT.

PEOPLE HAPPY AND WE'RE TRYING TO >> YOU DON'T JUST NAME BEERS.

YOU ACTUALLY MAKE THEM.

>> WE MAKE THEM HERE RIGHT ON SITE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

RIGHT ACROSS THE WALL.

>> THROUGH DID DOOR.

>> BEHIND ME.

THAT'S WHERE IT ALL HAPPENS?

>> YES.

DO YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT?

>> WE HAVE TO CHECK THIS OUT.

LET'S GO AND CHECK THIS OUT.

ALL RIGHT.

GRAB THAT BREW.

>> OH, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

>> AFTER YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

COME ON!

>> SO I HEAR BUBBLING AND GURGLING AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON HERE.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS AND THIS IS IT.

WE'RE STANDING RIGHT IN MIDDLE OF THE BREWERY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL FROM TAP ROOM.

BEHIND THIS BREW HOUSE, WHERE ALL THE BEER IS BREWED AND BOILED, AND IT IS NOT BEER AT THAT POINT, IT IS JUST CALLED -- WE'RE SENDING IT TO THE FERMENTERS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE FERMENTATION PROCESS HAPPENS.

ALCOHOL IS PRODUCED AND COMING OUT OF THERE, WHERE IT IS CHILD DOWN AND IT IS CARBONATED.

AGES IN THERE FOR A BIT AND GOES ON TO THE KEGS OR THE CANNING LINE WHERE IT IS PACKAGED AND ON TO YOU THIRSTY DRINKERS.

>> THIS IS ALL RIGHT HERE.

LOOK AT THIS SO THIS IS -- YOU HAVE THE WARM AND THE COLD AND YOU HAVE THE KEGS AND THE CANS.

>> THAT'S IT.

>> TWO PARTNERS.

NATHAN AND EVAN.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT TAKE CONTROL OF ALL OF THE BEERS, THE RECIPES AND HOW THEY ARE FORMULATED, THE FLAVORS THAT WE THINK UP IN OUR HEAD, HOW DO WE GET TO THOSE.

THE CRAZY INGREDIENTS AND EVEN THE SOUR STUFF, THE BARREL AGED STUFF, EVAN IS THE GUY THAT YOU WANT TO TALK TO ABOUT THAT.

>> LET'S FIND EVAN NOW.

>> MY NAME IS HE VAN COPABOUT.

AND MY OFFICIAL TITLE IS OWNER AND HEAD OF BREWING OPERATIONS AT COUNTRY BOY BREWING.

SO THIS IS OUR AGING WAREHOUSE AND BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, WHERE DO A LOT OF OUR EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENTTATIONS.

THESE ARE OVERSIZED BARREL, THESE ARE FRENCH OAK BARRELS FROM FOR INSTANCE AND WE'LL PUT A DIFFERENT KIND OF PROJECT ALE THAT TAKE A LOT LONGER PERIOD OF I GUESS TO FERMENT AND MATURE TIME.

AND TO MAKE THE COMPLEXITY OF FLAVORS THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FOR A SOUR OR WILD FERMENTATIONS.

SO WE'LL AGE ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 24 MONTHS.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT FLAVOR PROFILE OR BRAND.

AND WHAT WE PUT IN THESE BARRELS WON'T BE LIKE THIS IS GOING TO COME OUT A CERTAIN BRAND.

A LOT OF THESE ARE BLENDING STOCK AND WE TRY TO MAKE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FLAVOR ELEMENTS.

WE'LL CHECK IT OUT REAL QUICK.

SO THIS FOODER IS BASICALLY CLASSICAL KIND OFFERMENTER BEFORE STAINLESS STEELE WAS OAK.

INVENTED AND THIS IS AMERICAN THIS IS THE ONLY MANUFACTURER IN AMERICA.

THEY ARE IN St. LOUIS, MISSOURI BUT WE TALKED TO THEM AND THEY MADE THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR US.

I HAVE A COUPLE, I GUESS, MODIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WANTED SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE IT BETTER BUT BASICALLY WHAT IT IS FOR ME.

I USE IT AS A BLENDING TANK FOR ALL OF THE SOUR PRODUCTION.

ANYTHING THAT WILL GO TO EXTENDED AGING WITH ILL GO THROUGH THIS FOODER.

THE EUROPEANS WHETHER IT IS FRANCE OR BELGIUM OR GERMANY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

AND THEY STILL DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE SCIENCE DOWN AS FAR AS WHAT IS BEING PRODUCED.

WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

WHAT IS THE TIME LINE FOR IT ALL.

AND SO FOR ME, IT IS AN UNLIMITED SITE OF CONTINUAL EXPERIMENTATION.

>> WELL, WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT COUNTRY BOY.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER IS GETTING A LITTLE FUNKY SO I HOPE THAT CARRIE IS OKAY ON THE RIVER WITH WHAT SHE'S DOING.

AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, WITH HE NEED TO HEAD ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE RIVER IN JESSAMINE COUNTY AND CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL COMMERCIAL VINEYARD IN THE UNITED STATES, AFTER THIS DELICIOUS NITRO STOUT.

SO WE'LL SEE YOU IN JESSAMINE COUNTY.

>> WE'RE HERE AT THE STATE PARK ON THE KENTUCKY RIVER.

AND LATER TODAY, IF THE WEATHER STAYS NICE, WHICH THE FORECASTERS SAY WE'RE EXPECT SOMETHING STORMS, WE'LL TRY TO CATCH SOME PADDLERS IN THE KR-255 WHICH IS THE 100 HOUR ENDURANCE RACE ALONG THE KENTUCKY RIVER.

BUT FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE KENTUCKY RIVER MUSEUM AND TALK TO JEN MARIE WHO IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LAST LOCK MASTER HERE AT THE LOCK.

COME ON!

>> THE FIRST CAME HERE IN 1907 AND THE LAST ONE LEFT IN 1975.

SO THIS FAMILY RAN ALMOST THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM.

MABEL AND JOHN WERE HERE.

FRED AND ROSA TIP TON WERE DOWN THERE.

AND THEY WERE SISTERS.

SO A GRAND TOTAL OF 16 FIRST COUSINS GREW UP HERE.

TEN IN THIS FAMILY AND SIX THERE.

ONE HAD TO BE HERE ALL THE TIME.

ONE WOULD GO TO CHURCH ONE SUNDAY, THE OTHER THE NEXT.

GO TO TOWN ONE DAY, AND THEY WENT THE NEXT.

THEY NEVER LEFT.

IT TOOK 24/7 AND THEY EVEN LOCKED THROUGH AT NIGHT SOME TIMES BY LANTERN.

THERE WERE COAL BARGES AND I HAVE PICTURES HERE.

THERE WERE DANCE BOATS.

EX-OCCURTION EXCURSION BOATS.

AND A LOT OF TIMES IF IT WAS A BIG COAL BARGE, SOME OF THE CREW WOULD COME UP AND HELP.

AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO AROUND AND OPEN AND CLOSE THE VALVES AND THAT WAS MANUAL.

NOW, THIS IS THE MUSEUM IS SET UP JUST AS THE LOCK MASTER'S FAMILY LIVED HERE IN THE HEYDAY.

WE'RE THE ONLY RESERVATION THAT IS STILL MOSTLY INTACT.

HOW THRILLED YOU WERE TO HEAR THE GROWNED UP SAYS WE'RE GOING TO THE RIVER AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE DAY.

REMEMBER EATING BREAKFAST DOWN THERE IN THE EARLY MORNING FOG AND THE IN THE EVENING, WE WOULD GATHER AROUND THE BLAZING AND REMEMBER BUILDING SAND CASTLES COMPLETE ARE BRIDGE AND THE WAKE OF THE BIG PASSING BOATS.

AND REMEMBER HOW LONG THAT WALK WAS BACK UP AT NIGHT AND BY THEN, THE LIGHTED HOUSES WERE SUCH A WELCOME SIGHT.

>> WE'RE BACK HERE AT LOCK NUMBER 10 AND THE WEATHER HAS TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORSE.

THE KR-255 IS A 100 HOUR ENDURANCE RACE THAT BEGAN AND CONTINUES THROUGH ALL 14 POOLS OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER TO CARROLLTON ON THE OHIO RIVER.

WE'RE GOING TO CATCH ONE THE KENTUCKY AMERICAN WATER TEAM WHICH IS MAKING A PORTAGE NOW AROUND LOCK NUMBER TEN AT FORT BOONESBOROUGH STATE PARK.

>> YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE'VE BEEN KEEPING UP THE PACE ABOUT UP FOR-PLUS MILES AN HOUR.

THIS RIVER IS NOT A FAST BODY OF WATER, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

THIS ONE HERE FROM BOONESBORO, AND I HAVE BEEN IN OTHER ONES, JUST REAL MY NOT TO THIS EXTREME ANYWAYS.

>> THE BOAT THAT WE'RE IN TODAY, IT IS THE BOAT THAT WAS PURCHASED JUST THIS YEAR.

IT IS A NEW BOAT THAT KENTUCKY AMERICAN WATER PUT OUT FOR US TO DO THIS RACE.

THIS RACE IS ONE THAT'S BUILT FOR THE ENTIRE KENTUCKY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HAVE THE ADVENTURES PART OF IT AND PORTAGE IN THE LOCKS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THEM.

YOU KNOW, THIS RACE IS ONE THAT IS -- WE PUT THIS TOGETHER PRETTY MUCH SO EVERYBODY CAN DO IT.

IT WAS FAIRLY CHEAP PRICE, I GUESS.

WE HAD TO COUPLE UP EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.

ALL THE WARDS, OF COURSE THE INSURANCE THAT GOES ON WITH IT.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AT THE END OF THE RACE, SATURDAY WE'LL HAVE A COUNT OF WHAT MONEY IS LEFT, AND ALL OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE TURNED OVER TO THE KENTUCKY RIVER AUTHORITY TO MAKE PERMANENT PORT ABOUT -- PORTAGES AROUND ALL OF LOCKS.

I DO THIS BECAUSE I ENJOY BEING ON THE WATER.

LUCKILY, I HAVE GOT A JOB THAT SUPPORTS ME IN THIS.

I KIND OF FEEL LIKE A WINNER ON BOTH ENDS, YOU KNOW.

I GET A PAYCHECK AND THEY LET ME ENJOY WHAT I LIKE TO DO.

>> BEFORE HEADING BACK TO THE RIVER, LET'S GRAB A QUICK BITE WITH ONE OF MY FRIENDS IN THE TALL WHITE HATS AND STRIPED PANTS.

HE'S APPARENTLY CAUGHT A FISH OF SOME SORT AND WANTS TO SHOW IT TO US.

>> HI, I'M SYLVIA WITH THE RESTAURANT AND PATIO.

IT IS ONE OF LEXINGTON'S ORIGINAL FARM TO TABLE RESTAURANTS BUT TODAY WE'LL DO SOMETHING WITH WATER TO CAMP FIRE OR CHEF JEREMY, HOW ABOUT FIRST VINEYARD WINE TO TABLE.

>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE GOT YOU COVERED.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO COOKING IN KENTUCKY, I LOVE USING FARM TO TABLE INGREDIENTS ESPECIALLY ANYTHING OUT OF KENTUCKY'S WATERWAYS.

KENTUCKY IS RENOWNED AQUACULTURE.

BUT IF YOU'RE OUT ON RIVER, YOU CATCH CATFISH, BASS, TROUT AND ALL OF THESE GREAT THINGS ANDS?

THAT WE HAVE IN KENTUCKY.

ONE THING THAT I LIKE TO DO IS EAT THEM RIGHT THERE FRESH AND READY TO GO.

AND THIS IS LIKE A CAMP FIRE, A LITTLE CATFISH THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU GUYS.

SO THE IDEA BEHIND THIS DISH IS, YOU'RE RIGHT BY THE STREAM YOU AND CAUGHT FISH AND YOU FILET IT AND YOU'RE OUT WITH THE GUYS AND YOU HAVE KENTUCKY WINE OR BEER, AND PLENTY OF GOOD OIL RIGHT IN YOUR SKILL LET AND THAT'S JUST SO YOU DON'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, GET THE FISH TO STICK TO IT.

NOW, I'M NOT SEEING ANY FLOUR BY THE CAMP FIRE.

BUT IF YOU HAVE GOT IT, GREAT.

IT HELPS THE FISH NOT STICK.

OTHERWISE JUST PUT IT IN THE PAN OR FORGET ABOUT IT.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

IT WILL BE FINE.

IT IS JUST DINNER ANYWAY.

SO LAY THE FISH IN THE OIL.

GET THAT GOING.

AND AS YOU SEE WITH THE OIL AND FLOUR, IT DOESN'T REALLY STICK.

IT MOVE AS LITTLE BIT AND MAKES IT EASIER TO WORK WITH.

AND YOU HAVE THE GUYS AROUND THE FIRE, THE SKILLET IS GOING AND FLIP IT OVER AND JUST START ADDING ALL OF THE GOOD STUFF.

I HAVE SMOKED SAUSAGE IN HERE.

A LITTLE BIT OF ONION AND GARLIC.

I DON'T EVEN LIKE CHOP THAT UP.

IT IS GOOD.

PERMEATES THE ENTIRE DISH.

AND THAT ONION, THAT'S ALL PERMEATING THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE FLAVORS NOW.

INFECTING ALL OF THE OTHER INGREDIENTS A LITTLE SHRIMP, KENTUCKY FRESH WATER.

AND A CHOP THIS UP, NEW POTATOES AND OLD BAY SEASONING.

YOU COULD MAKE YOUR OWN IF YOU WANT.

LOTS OF THAT GIVEN LOTS OF GOOD FLAVOR.

AND SEE, HERE IS THE PART WHERE YOUR BEER OR YOUR WINE COMES INTO PLAY.

YOU'RE SITTING BY THE FIRE, AND DRINKING A LITTLE BIT, COOKING A LITTLE FOOD.

COVER THAT.

LET THAT GET GOING.

AND FRESH HERBS.

>> AND LET IT SIT AND COOK.

DON'T PLAY WITH THE FOOD TOO MUCH.

AFTER TWO OR THREE MINUTES, THE FISH IS COOKED.

THE SHRIMP IS COOKED.

THE CORP IS DONE.

MAYBE -- THE CORN IS DONE.

MAYBE AT THE END YOU HAVE A LITTLE BUTTER.

MAKE THAT SAUCE NICE AND BUTTERY.

AND LITERALLY, I LIKE TO SERVE THIS IN THE SKILLET RIGHT BY THE FIRE.

GET YOUR FORKS AND YOUR KNIVES AND SPOONS AND YOUR CORN BREAD, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO AND DIP IT IN THERE, AND GO.

WITH YOUR HANDS, GET MESSY.

AND GET INVOLVED.

>> FROM BOONESBORO, IT IS A SIX MILE PADDLE TO CLAY'S FERRY AND THERE WE'RE MEETING AMY FOR A SHORT PADDLE UP RIVER TO BOONE CREEK BUT FIRST, A FEW PADDLING SAFETY TIPS.

NUMBER ONE, ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET.

TWO, CHECK YOUR BOAT FOR LEAKS AND CRACK BEFORE GETTING ON THE WATER AND THREE, NEVER PADDLE ALONE.

>> AMY, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BLUEGRASS ORGANIZATION?

>> IT IS IN ITS 15TH YEAR AND OUR MISSION IS TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT SMALL CHANGES CAN MAKE A REALLY BIG IMPACT IN OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT SO WE WORK A LOT WITH KIDS AND ADULTS AND TEACH THEM WHAT THEY DO AFFECTS WATER QUALITY LIKE KENTUCKY RIVER.

>> WHAT KIND OF SHAPE IS THE KENTUCKY RIVER IN?

>> GENERALLY IT IS NOT TOO BAD.

WE CAN SWIM AND FISH.

TO SOME EXTENT, THERE ARE CREEKS THAT LEAD INTO THE KENTUCKY RIVER THAT ARE ON THE 303B LIST.

THE LIST THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOLDS THAT ARE NOT MEETING THEIR STANDARDS, WHATEVER THE DIVISION OF WATER SAID THAT THEY ARE FOR.

>> AMY, TELL US WHERE WE'RE HEADING TODAY.

>> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ON THE BORDER OF MADISON AND FAYETTE COUNTY.

AND CLARK COUNTY IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BOONE CREEK SO IT IS AT THE THREE COUNTIES.

IN FAYETTE, THERE IS REALLY ONLC ACCESS.

>> REALLY.

>> AND THE RIVER IS ON THE EDGE OF THE COUNTY SO FAYETTE IS THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTY THAT WE SERVE.

PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THE RIVER IS NEAR THEM.

>> I LIKE THIS BETTER THAN A CANOE.

>> YOU GET A LITTLE MORE MANEUVER ABILITY.

>> THIS IS BOONES CREEK.

>> BOONES CREEK IS MUCH LIKE THE KENTUCKY RIVER AND IT HAS ITS OWN SET OF PALISADES.

WE CAN SEE SOME COMING UP AND IT IS A GORGEOUS PLACE.

THE ONLY CREEK IN FAYETTE COUNTY THAT IS NOT ON THE LIST OF EPA STREAMS THAT ARE POLLUTED.

AND SO IT IS A REALLY A GEM FOR THIS AREA.

>> IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

>> SO AMY, HOW ARE WE DOING ON WATER QUALITY IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT.

THE GREEN RIVER IN WESTERN KENTUCKY IS THE GREENEST RIVER AND ALL OF THE OTHERS ARE FOR VARIOUS THINGS.

>> SO AMY, TELL ME WHY THE KENTUCKY RIVER IS THE COLOR THAT IT IS.

>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COLORS OF THE KENTUCKY RIVERS.

IT FEELS CLEAN AND CRISP AND SOMETIMES AFTER THE RAIN, YOU SEE PROBLEMS, IT BECOMES VERY BROWN.

AND THAT'S ALL THE SILT COMING OFF OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES OR AN AREA IN YOUR YARD OR DOWN THE STREET THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY -- IT IS JUST A DIRT LOT AND THAT'S CAUCASUSS A LOT OF POLLUTION.

THE SEDIMENT THAT COMES IN AND CAN MAKE THE ENKENTUCKY RIVER VERY BROWN.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL COLOR.

>> THE KENTUCKY RIVER HAS A WATERSHED THAT ENCOMPASSES ALMOST 7,000 MILES.

>> THAT IS AMAZING.

>> THAT'S A LOT OF WATER.

>> YES.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> AND IT ALL HEADS 255 MILES DOWNSTREAM TO THE OHIO RIVER.

700,000 PEOPLE GET THEIR DRINKING WATER OUT OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER.

>> IT IS AMAZING.

IT IS A VERY GOOD REASON TO KEEP IT CLEAN.

WE'RE VERY LUCKY BECAUSE OUR WATER HELPS WITH GREAT BEER AND WINE AND HORSES AND BOURBON.

>> WELL, THANK YOU, AMY, FOR SHARING YOUR DAY WITH US AND TAKING ME FOR A PADDLE AT BEAUTIFUL BOONE CREEK.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OFF HERE NOW AT THE HISTORIC CLAY'S FERRY RIGHT UNDER THE I-75 BRIDGE.

>> OUR LAST STOP, COULD IT GET ANY FURTHER OFF THE BEATEN PATH?

YOU'LL FIND IT NOT FAR FROM HISTORIC CAMP NELSON OFF A DUSTY COUNTRY ROAD RUNNING RIGHT UP TO THE KENTUCKY RIVER.

WATCH FOR THE SIGNS OR YOU MAY END UP IN IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE IN JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

NOT FAR FROM NICHOLASVILLE.

RIGHT DOWN THERE IS THE KENTUCKY RIVER.

AND I MEAN, RIGHT DOWN.

IF YOU GO THAT WAY, BOOM, IT IS STRAIGHT DOWN PALISADES AND WE'RE HERE IN A PILE OF RUB.

RUBBLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS RUBBLE IS BUT I'M GUESSING THAT THIS GUY MAY KNOW WHAT THIS RUBBLE IS.

>> AND EVENTUALLY THIS WAS THE WINERY.

THEY DONE OPENED THEIR WIRERYS, THE ROUND PART HERE WAS WHERE THE VAT WOULD HAVE BEEN.

WHERE THE PRELIMINARY CRUSH.

AND IN THE SQUARE PART IS WHERE THE PRESS WAS OR WHERE THEY COULD EXTRACT THE JUICE OUT.

SO THIS IS WHERE THE WINE ACTUALLY STARTED HAPPENING RIGHT HERE.

>> THIS WAS A WINERY.

>> THIS WAS A WINERY.

>> YOU'RE NOTH -- NOT JUST SAYING THAT?

>> NO.

FIRST VINEYARD BASICALLY WAS ACTUALLY STARTED IN 1799.

AND IT WAS PLANTED THAT SPRING BY A FELLOW NAMED JOHN JAMES AND HE WAS FROM SWITZERLAND.

HE UNDERSTOOD FROM THE FRENCH SOLDIERS COMING BACK FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR THAT THERE WAS NO WINERIES HERE.

THERE WAS NO WINE TO BE PURCHASED.

THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO ED TO START AN INDUSTRY.

>> WOW, AND WHEN YOU SAY HERE, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JESSAMINE COUNTY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VERY NEW UNITED STATES, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

IT WAS A FIRST COMMERCIAL VINEYARD WHERE THERE WAS WINE PRODUCED FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T, I GUESS, EQUATE KENTUCKY WITH BEING THE START OF THE WINE INDUSTRY BUT THIS, IN FACT, IS WHERE THE WHOLE THING STARTED RIGHT HERE IN JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

>> THE KENTUCKY RIVER IS RIGHT BEHIND US, LITERALLY OVER HERE.

DROPPING DOWN SEVERAL FEET.

WHAT ROLE DID IT PLAY HERE THE FIRST VINEYARD?

>> I THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE GO UP THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER CAME DOWN THE KENTUCKY RIVER, AND I WONDERED WHY IN THE WORLD THEY STAYED HERE INSTEAD OF -- WELL THEN I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A LARGE SHIPPING PORT CALLED QUANTICO ACROSS THE RIVER THERE.

AND IT WAS PERFECT HERE BECAUSE THE RIVER THAT CREATED A MICROCLIMATE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY A WAY TO PUT WINE ON THE FLAT BOAT, TAKE IT TO NEW ORLEANS, AND THEN FROM NEW ORLEANS, YOU COULD TAKE IT IN WHERE IN THE WORLD.

>> >> ♪ >> WE LEARNED ABOUT THE HISTORY.

THIS IT IS FIRST VINEYARD IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS KENTUCKY.

SO THAT SEEMED TO BODE WELL FOR KENTUCKY HAVING A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR PRODUCING GRAPES AND WINES BUT IT IS NOT REALLY KNOWN FOR WINE THAT MUCH.

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

>> WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THAT THE CIVIL WAR.

A LOT OF THE FARMERS WERE INJURED, KILLED.

IN AGRICULTURE, IT JUST TOOK A REAL DIP.

THE OTHER THING WAS PROHIBITION IN THE 1920s.

SO YOU HAVE AN INDUSTRY THAT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES ALMOST DIED TWICE.

AFTER PROHIBITION, WE HAD ANTIQUATED LAWS ON THE BOOK AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL ABOUT 15 OR 18 YEARS AGO THAT YOU COULD HAVE A SMALL FARM TO DO IT SO I GUESS THE EVENTS, THE BED AND BREAKFAST AND PEOPLE THAT COME AND MAYBE THEY ARE DOING THE WINE TRAIL.

THEY ARE STAYING HERE AND GOING AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

SOME PEOPLE ARE DOING THE BOURBON TRAIL.

AND -- >> IF YOU'RE DRINKING WINE, AND BOURBON, IT IS PROBABLY BEST TO GO AHEAD AND SLEEP.

[ LAUGHTER ] SO THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA RIGHT THERE.

>> WE TELL PEOPLE -- >> DO YOU HAVE ROOM TONIGHT BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE -- >> [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE TELL PEOPLE, YOU DON'T HAVE FAR TO WALK IF YOU NEED TO GO TO BED.

>> THIS WAS LOST TO HISTORY FOR OVER 200 YEARS.

AND WE FINALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECREATE IT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL HELP THE WINE INDUSTRY NOT JUST US BUT THE ENTIRE WINE INDUSTRY TO KNOW THAT KENTUCKY STARTED THE WINE INDUSTRY.

>> WELL, ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO START IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TOM, LET'S WALK UP HERE.

>> IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE.

>> AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN PUT THIS INTO PRACTICE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> HI, KYLE.

>> WELL, HELLO THERE, CARRIE.

HOW ARE YOU?

YOU SURVIVED YOUR RIVER ADVENTURE.

YOU DID NOT DROWN.

>> THANK YOU.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

YOU DIDN'T FALL IN ONE OF THOSE VATS OF BEER?

>> I'M WORKING ON DROWNING RIGHT NOW.

HOW WAS YOUR ADVENTURE TODAY?

>> WE HAD A GREAT DAY.

WE DID GET CAUGHT IN A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN BUT WE CAUGHT UP WITH SOME PADDLERS ON THE ENDURANCE RACE.

WE ALSO LEARNED SOME HISTORY FROM THE LOCK MASTER'S DAUGHTER.

AND WE MET UP WITH AMY FROM BLUEGRASS TOURS AND SHE HELPED HAD US TO LEARN ABOUT PROTECTING OUR WATERSHED.

>> WE'RE HERE AT THE FIRST VINEYARD EVER.

>> REALLY.

>> EVER, EVER.

WE ALSO WENT INTO LEXINGTON AND WE VISITED COUNTRY BOY BREWING.

WE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BRANDING, BEER RECIPES, STREAMS, FLAVORS.

THAT WAS FUN, EDUCATIONAL, VERY EDUCATIONAL.

>> KYLE, YOU CAN USE IT.

>> DID YOU GET IN THE RIVER AND >> I DIDN'T TODAY.

SWIM OR ANYTHING?

BUT MAYBE YOU CAN JOIN ME IN THE RIVER ONE TIME.

>> AT SOME POINT, I WILL DO THAT.

BUT UNTIL THEN, WE'LL SEE YOU DOWNSTREAM!

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