Float Away on Amber Dreams and Bourbon History on a Kentucky Riverboat Cruise

Taste and learn about bourbon on this paddlewheeler cruise that sails down the Mississippi.

The American Countess paddlewheeler. American Queen Voyages/TNS

By Patti Nickell From Lexington Herald-Leader

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—I have just returned from an eight-day bender. Now, before you get the wrong idea, let me hasten to add it was a classy eight-day bender in the form of a bourbon-themed cruise aboard the American Countess riverboat.