August 12Aug 12 Author Thanks for info. I go to Kentucky a couple of times a year and am a history buff. Never heard of Perryville but will check out the area and the tavern.
August 17Aug 17 Quick bump. Charlie's reached out, they open at 11 and are holding space for 20 people with no expectations. Since they've been super responsive and I dig dive bars I'm probably going to head there to watch early game action then make a call on Bear and Butcher. I'll keep my table for 10 at Bear and Butcher so with @TxEx84 12 party table we can do 22 people. We can head to Charlie's or wherever after lunch. Charlie Brown's and Bear and Butcher are literally across the street from one another. So, unless we decide to do tailgate action seems like we have a relaxed show up, don't show up tenative plan for whoever wants to join. Edited August 17Aug 17 by BurntEyes
August 18Aug 18 Author Reminder -- tickets for Keeneland go on sale tomorrow at 8am CDT for those interested in horse racing. Reservations for Buffalo Trace tours open Wednesday (Aug 20) at 9am CDT for Texas/UK weekend.
August 23Aug 23 Flying to Nashville Thu afternoon, drive to Frankfort to hotel. Friday early afternoon Buffalo Trace booked. Saturday early afternoon Woodford booked. Saturday night game, still need tickets. Sunday morning Castle and Key booked. Sunday afternoon Keeneland booked. Looks like Maker's has availability Monday morning, may book that since it's on the way back to Nashville for flight back that evening.
August 25Aug 25 Nice. We have Keeneland Thursday booked. Looking for a bourbon tour for Friday. Saturday will be game day all day. This will be a great weekend.
August 25Aug 25 On 8/22/2025 at 10:49 PM, Redneck Mutha said: Flying to Nashville Thu afternoon, drive to Frankfort to hotel. Friday early afternoon Buffalo Trace booked. Saturday early afternoon Woodford booked. Saturday night game, still need tickets. Sunday morning Castle and Key booked. Sunday afternoon Keeneland booked. Looks like Maker's has availability Monday morning, may book that since it's on the way back to Nashville for flight back that evening. If you go up I65, which is likely, you will pass Mammoth Cave and the Corvette Museum in/just past Bowling Green coming and going off the interstate. If you're a car guy or process geomorphology nerd, both are well worth the time.
August 25Aug 25 Author Booked Buffalo Trace on Friday at 11:30a. Keeneland Friday afternoon after bourbon. Reserved seats at Kenneland sold out in 20 minutes for 10/17 so for now in GA. Saturday some combination of Charlies / Bull & Butcher / tailgate. Looking forward to it! I'll be at Marlow for tOSU game watch. @immamac, I'll connect with you to see what options there may be for Lexington tailgate.
August 26Aug 26 Y’all will be in for a treat as UK named Zach Calzada— 7th year senior and stints at A&M, Auburn, and Incarnart Word— QB1. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46070105/source-kentucky-names-transfer-zach-calzada-starting-qb
September 13Sep 13 Accidentally started another thread so I'll move this here. Dad is taking me and my brother for a boys football weekend. Flying in Friday, flying out Sunday - staying in Louisville both nights. We are staying downtown - could use some dinner recs for Friday, maybe breakfast Saturday and Sunday. Going to see Kevin Hart Friday night which was not my idea but I'm sure it will be fun and I'm not paying for the tickets. Not going to be a boozy trip so not looking to do any bourbon stuff. May consider Ali museum or Slugger museum for Saturday. May stop by if y'all do a Surly tailgate but I'm guessing we will either find a spot to watch other games or explore the campus pregame.
September 13Sep 13 Ztejas is coming?! There goes the neighborhood. Seriously though it'll be awesome to have bourbon shots with you
September 14Sep 14 Surly tailgate gonna be lit. If this happens (surly tailgate) I have seven with me that don’t have plans for the day of just yet.
September 25Sep 25 On 8/10/2025 at 3:41 PM, TxEx84 said: Thanks for working on this. The Public House looks awesome, but may be too small for a large group? Hard to tell from pictures. My daughter (who lives in Lex) says that Charlie Brown's is more of a dive bar and not so much of a sports bar. I like dive bars, but for watching other games, the Bear and The Butcher might be better she said. It's across the street from Charlie Brown's. https://www.bearandthebutcher.com/ It looks pretty good from pics. @BurntEyes don't remember if you looked at this one. They have 14 TV's with game sound. For tables of 15+, they charge minimum $30/pp for food. Since we are still trying to figure this out, I went ahead and booked a table for 12 at 12:30p. Not saying this is the place and don't care if I cancel. But no charge to grab at least one big table, so I booked it. One negative, however, is that they limit tables to 2 hours according to website. So maybe crash Charlie Brown's after??? I'm good with either place. Here's the link for Bear and the Butcher for reserving 14 or more people. They also have a button to click for 50+ in your party https://www.bearandthebutcher.com/events
September 25Sep 25 Author Strong rumor that @immamac is putting together a Kentucky tailgate. Depending on details, lunch at Bear and Then Butcher (or Charlie Brown's) then head to campus for tailgate still should work. Game will likely be at 7:30p local (Lexington is Eastern time zone) so a long, fun day ahead.
September 25Sep 25 We could definitely do lunch meetup. The Bear and Butcher does a 50 people group deal buffet style where we reserve it for a minimum of 3 hours and it would be $30 per person with a minimum spending of $1250.
September 26Sep 26 On 8/22/2025 at 10:34 PM, GottaB said: Got tickets for keeneland for Thursday. Pretty stoked. The only thing better than Keeneland is club house passes for Keeneland. I've only been offered club house once, and the one time I had two offers. Haven't been lucky enough to get an offer since. Y'all will have fun. Keeneland in the day and football at night is a perfect day. Then there's the bourbon and proper limestone water.
September 26Sep 26 Author Sounds good. I have a table of 12 reserved at B&B and @BurntEyes has a 10 top. There are 6 in my group so space available. Probably will firm up plans in a couple of weeks and get more info on Surly tailgate. My group is going to Claiborne Farms Saturday morning. Plan is to head straight to lunch then tailgate. @Longboard Horn Did you check to see if B&B has availability for Saturday brunch gameday? Not planning to eat too much at lunch to save up for the fried wildcat later at the tailgate. But $30 is decent price. Edited September 26Sep 26 by TxEx84
September 26Sep 26 48 minutes ago, TxEx84 said: Sounds good. I have a table of 12 reserved at B&B and @BurntEyes has a 10 top. There are 6 in my group so space available. Probably will firm up plans in a couple of weeks and get more info on Surly tailgate. My group is going to Claiborne Farms Saturday morning. Plan is to head straight to lunch then tailgate. @Longboard Horn Did you check to see if B&B has availability for Saturday brunch gameday? Not planning to eat too much at lunch to save up for the fried wildcat later at the tailgate. But $30 is decent price. I'll double check the website. I know the minimum is $30 per person for food items and only $10 per drinks. My uncle and cousin won't be able to make, but I'll most likely be going with his neighbor and son who are from Texas originally. Three for my party. Still hammering out the details.
September 26Sep 26 @TxEx84 here you go. It looks like they do have a brunch option on Saturdays so it might be buffet style.
September 26Sep 26 1 minute ago, immamac said: Tailgate Saturday. Fuck yeah dude! Is it the KY Tailgate area? Also, do we need tailgate tickets?
September 26Sep 26 Just now, Longboard Horn said: Fuck yeah dude! Is it the KY Tailgate area? Also, do we need tailgate tickets? Yeah let me get through Florida without losing my ass first.
September 26Sep 26 Good news. The wife has authorized us to make the trip from St. Louis. Looking forward to it.
September 28Sep 28 On 9/13/2025 at 9:10 AM, Longboard Horn said: Ztejas is coming?! There goes the neighborhood. Seriously though it'll be awesome to have bourbon shots with you Don't think I'll be boozing but I'll try and come by the tailgate and sign autographs and/or hear complaints about my posting. I just ask we keep it to one per poster and try and watch the adult language.
September 28Sep 28 I live in Kentucky and a heads up that there is a large horror convention (Scarefest) with 100 actors/guests in Lexington that weekend at the convention center so parking and traffic won't be good downtown.
September 28Sep 28 Like you’d be interested in whores from Kentucky. Like just how big of a slump are you currently in?
September 29Sep 29 Author Why would they schedule a horror convention (whatever the hell that is) the same weekend at Texas @ UK, Parents Weekend, Keeneland Fall Meet, and horse auction at Fasig-Tipton? Smh. No wonder there's not a hotel available in Lex.
September 29Sep 29 3 hours ago, TxEx84 said: Why would they schedule a horror convention (whatever the hell that is) the same weekend at Texas @ UK, Parents Weekend, Keeneland Fall Meet, and horse auction at Fasig-Tipton? Smh. No wonder there's not a hotel available in Lex. I hear the film fest during the convention will be a loop of March Sadness lowlights of Cal’s last 4 or 5 seasons.
September 29Sep 29 5 hours ago, TxEx84 said: Why would they schedule a horror convention (whatever the hell that is) the same weekend at Texas @ UK, Parents Weekend, Keeneland Fall Meet, and horse auction at Fasig-Tipton? Smh. No wonder there's not a hotel available in Lex. Stay in Louisville like I am and just drive over to Lexington. Also King, a horror convention is like a comic or sci-fi convention, but it’s all horror movies and things like that with directors, actors from horror movies, TV shows etc. There’s a big one in DFW called Texas frigtmare weekend that happens every May. They’re smart because it’s not during football season.
September 29Sep 29 Now, getting this thing back on track, do we still plan to meet up at the bear and the butcher for lunch and then go to the Surly tailgate on campus?
September 29Sep 29 14 minutes ago, Longboard Horn said: Now, getting this thing back on track, do we still plan to meet up at the bear and the butcher for lunch and then go to the Surly tailgate on campus? Keeping the 10 person reservation I have for the group. Once we know more about the specifics of what @immamac is cobbling together we can figure out the final details. Sounds like he will focus on/finalize it after the Florida game/tailgate Edited September 29Sep 29 by BurntEyes
September 29Sep 29 22 hours ago, bluegrass said: I live in Kentucky and a heads up that there is a large horror convention (Scarefest) with 100 actors/guests in Lexington that weekend at the convention center so parking and traffic won't be good downtown. There's going to be another large horror convention for Kentucky fans Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium.
October 6Oct 6 I'm excited to be going to this game. It will be my first Texas football game that both me and a buddy will be attending. Would love to met up with some other fans before the game for some drinks.
October 6Oct 6 On 9/27/2025 at 5:36 PM, ztejas said: Don't think I'll be boozing but I'll try and come by the tailgate and sign autographs and/or hear complaints about my posting.
October 6Oct 6 3 hours ago, jonharrell said: I'm excited to be going to this game. It will be my first Texas football game that both me and a buddy will be attending. Would love to met up with some other fans before the game for some drinks. @TxEx84 @BurntEyes and I are still discussing the group meet up at Bear and Butcher. @immamac says there will also be a surly tailgate as well.
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