SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
Event Starts at 6 pm | Auction Begins at 7:30 pm
Online & In-Person at the Speed Art Museum
The Art of Bourbon combines Kentucky’s official art museum with Kentucky’s greatest product to produce the region’s premier bourbon and whiskey auction party! Join us LIVE online or in-person to bid on some once-in-a-lifetime offerings and support the Speed!
The Art of Bourbon is curated with the support of Wall Street Journal-Bestselling Author and renowned Bourbon critic, Fred Minnick. Click here to learn more about Fred. All proceeds support education programs and exhibitions at the Speed Art Museum.
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2025 Art of Bourbon auction highlights
A.H. HIRSCH 16 YEAR
A.H. Hirsch 16 Year is one of the most legendary bourbons of all time, and this bottle comes from one of the final remaining batches ever released. Known as "the best bourbon you'll never taste," this sublime, amber-colored whiskey was distilled in 1974 in small copper pot-stills of Michter’s Distillery.
EVAN WILLIAMS 23 YEAR FROM 1966
This Evan Williams 23 Year is from the first year this release was ever available. Distilled in 1966 and bottled in 1989 with hand-dipped wax, this is one of the first super aged bourbons ever on the market.
To participate, you must create an account and register PRIOR to the event.
Join us in-person at the Speed for cocktails, dinner & live auction.
Join us virtually for the live online auction, beginning at 7:30pm
Registration does not include tickets to the in-person event. Bidders will have the ability to bid on all auction items virtually.
