Kentucky-based nonprofit Give 270 has launched ticket sales for its Whiskey Wednesdays Round 18 series and a new Bourbon Strong 50-4-50 raffle. The events, which raise funds for local scholarships and community initiatives, will offer participants the chance to win prize packages including a Weller ‘Rainbow’ vertical, a full Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, and a barrel pick experience with Pursuit Spirits.
The Whiskey Wednesdays Round 18, themed “Score a Rainbow,” is set to take place weekly at 8 p.m. from January 7 through March 25. Each week’s drawing will award one winner a six-bottle Weller “Rainbow” Vertical.
Four additional bonus prizes will also be given away weekly. These include an Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year, two Pursuit Spirits expressions, and a Buffalo Trace 1L Give 270 Sazerac Barrel Select.
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READ THE STORYEvery ticket purchased during the 12-week round provides an automatic entry for the Ultimate Round Prize. This grand prize will be awarded on March 25 following the final weekly drawing.
The prize features a private barrel pick experience at Pursuit Spirits in Louisville for up to four people. Winners will be joined by Kenny Coleman and Ryan Cecil of the Bourbon Pursuit Podcast, alongside Eric Clemens and Kenny Rambo of Give 270.
This experience includes selecting a single-barrel, double-oaked pick, a tour and drinks at Trial + Error on Whiskey Row, and dinner at Watch Hill Proper. Each participant in the experience will receive three bottles from the selected barrel once it is bottled.
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The prize package also includes two nights of accommodations in Elizabethtown and ground transportation. Tickets for the weekly raffle are priced at $5 each, with no purchase limit per individual.
All proceeds from the series will benefit multiple area scholarship funds. The raffles are scheduled to take place live on Give 270’s YouTube channel.
Separately, Give 270 will host its Bourbon Strong 50-4-50 raffle on Wednesday, January 28. This event offers participants the chance to win one of 50 prizes, including many allocated and limited-release bottles.
For the first time, the grand prize lineup includes a six-bottle Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) featuring the newly introduced E.H. Taylor Bottled in Bond. The inclusion of a sixth bottle in the highly sought-after annual collection was a significant development for whiskey collectors in 2023.
Other grand prizes for the Bourbon Strong raffle include an O.F.C. 2006 and an Old Forester 2025 Birthday Bourbon.
The drawing will be held live on the nonprofit’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Tickets are $50, with a total of 3,000 tickets available.
All proceeds will support Give 270’s mission of community and economic development in the Elizabethtown-Fort Knox metropolitan statistical area.
“Our Whiskey Wednesdays series and Bourbon Strong raffles have become some of our favorite ways to bring people together around great bourbon while giving back to our community,” said Eric Clemens, Board Chair of Give 270.
He added: “Round 18 and the Bourbon Strong 50-4-50 raffle offer some of the most exciting prize packages we’ve ever assembled, but at the heart of it all is the opportunity to support scholarships and local initiatives that are making a real difference across our region.”
Tickets for both raffles can be purchased at give270.org.
