Bourbon Tasting Fest Returning To Belmont Park

For the second year running, Belmont Park Racetrack will be hosting a bourbon tasting event on Saturday, May 4.

The event, Bourbon at Belmont, will feature more than 30 bourbons for tasting, as well craft beers that been bourbon barrel-aged. The event will coincide with the Kentucky Derby, which will be broadcast live at the racetrack.

Tickets are on sale now and are $65 per person. You need to be 21 or older to purchase tickets.

"Bourbon whiskey and horse racing may be associated with Kentucky, but there's an older tradition of whiskey making and horse racing in New York that goes back all the way to the 1600s,” said Colin Spoelman, co-founder of Kings County Distillery, New York City’s oldest and largest craft distillery. “We think it's fitting to serve New York bourbon at Belmont for the Kentucky Derby as it is a New York spin on a Kentucky tradition. With bourbon popular right now, this event is a great way to try some of the classics and some creative whiskeys from newer local distilleries too."

The event will include bourbons from distilleries such as Woodford Reserve, Larceny, Wild Turkey, Whistle Pig, and Elijah Craig, plus local distilleries like Brooklyn’s Kings County Distillery and Widow Jane Distillery and Long Island’s newest, Montauk Hard Label , this event will be unlike any other, promising an exceptional attendee experience.

Bourbon At Belmont will be held on Saturday, May 4 from 3 to 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and include bourbon and beer sampling, grandstand viewing of the day’s live scheduled races, the simulcast of the Kentucky Derby (starting at 6:50 p.m.) and a souvenir taster glass. The event will be held in the North Shore Terrace viewing pavilion on the fourth floor of the Belmont Park Racetrack. Designated driver tickets are also available for $12 each. No one under 21, including designated drivers, will be admitted and photo ID is required for entry. Parking is $3 per car. Belmont Park Racetrack is located at 2150 Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont. Ticket links and info for the festival is available at www.BourbonAtBelmont.com.