KC Whiskey Tour

This was the first year for the KC Whiskey Tour and I hope they do it again next year. We drove down from Omaha to attend and we had a great time. The venue was ideal and even when the rain came in everything stayed dry and the party kept going. The band had to stop for a moment but they got right back at it when the heavy stuff stopped.
There were about 20 vendors there from whiskey companies to cigar stores. You were given a glass and 12 tokens when you arrived (and a really nice VIP bag if you bought tickets early). The only complaint I have is that the whiskey companies didn’t seem to view this as a opportunity to win new customers. The tastings were one to four tokens depending on overall quality of the whiskey. I can understand one token for «regular» and two tokens for top shelf but four tokens for any of them was unnecessary.
I will say that the vendors had great attitudes and were very friendly (the Jim Beam girl and a few others were especially nice). I think next year this event will be even bigger and better. Hopefully they will reduce the per drink token «cost» next year and add more vendors such as more varied food and other cigar stores.