The Great Bourbon Affair 2025

SWITCH YARD PARTY PASS

Whether you're a little more rock or a little more country, it doesn't matter how you show up - just be ready to party! The Switch Yard Party Pass grants you access to a variety of vendors with samples to taste and products to purchase. Your entry includes tickets for 3 tastes, the Buffalo Trace Toast, and free vendor swag. Attendees have the ability to purchase more tickets as desired.

This is where Kirsch and Tess, along with the rest of the 99.7 The Blitz and 103.9 The Maverick Street Team, will be blasting tunes and passing out perks of their own.

At dusk (approximately 8PM) we'll raise our glasses for the biggest bourbon toast in Ohio featuring a pour of Buffalo Trace! The outdoor party with Kirsch and Tess will continue until 9PM before moving inside to Railhouse.

VIP EXPERIENCE PASS

This pass provides you with all the perks of the Switch Yard Party Pass, PLUS entry into the legendary VIP tasting and massive grazing spread.

At 6PM head upstairs to the Mezzanine Level in East Market to participate in the privately hosted bourbon tasting led by 99.7 The Blitz and 103.9 The Maverick's Kirsch. You will be greeted with a bountiful grazing table before receiving a passport featuring four pours from a diverse selection of the best bourbons that can be acquired.

Passports will be passed out at random, so no one will know which spirits they will be tasting until minutes before they hit your lips! If you were hoping to try a specific pour featured in another passport, we encourage you to befriend others - there are no rules against swapping - or make your way to Switch after the bourbon toast, where you may purchase spirits you didn't get the luck of the draw for (while supplies last). All VIPs will also receive an exclusive bonus pour from a local Central Ohio distillery.

After the tasting, be sure to head back downstairs to the Switch Yard at 8PM to join in the biggest bourbon toast in Ohio featuring a pour of Buffalo Trace!

Featured 2025 VIP Bottles

Jack Daniel's 14-Year-Old, Blanton's Straight from the Barrel, Michter's 10 Year, King of Kentucky, Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old, Rock Hill Farms, Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, George T. Stagg, WhistlePig The Boss Hog XI, Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year, Sazerac Rye 18-Year-Old, Thomas H. Handy, Van Winkle Special Reserve, Weller Single Barrel, Weller 12 Year, William Larue Weller.

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