Louisville beverage director talks tastes, career

Louisville is famous for its bourbon distillers, but what about the folks mixing cocktails behind the bar?With Christmas and New Year's Day approaching, we thought now might be a good time to check in with one person who does just that each day.  Randi Densford, beverage director for Barn8 Farm Restaurant & Bourbon Bar.Densford tells us about how each season on the farm influences the cocktails, upcoming flavor trends and gives us some insight into how to make a career out of being a beverage director. Barn8 Farm Restaurant & Bourbon Bar is located at Hermitage Farm in Oldham County. In addition to being a restaurant, it's an attraction that showcases a bit of Kentucky's agricultural roots. Densford has 11 years of restaurant and bartending experience. She's a Louisville native and a graduate of Sullivan University with a bachelor's degree in culinary arts. She previously worked at Decca, a former NuLu restaurant and Bardstown Bourbon Co., a distillery with its own restaurant on campus. She's been with Barn8 at Hermitage Farm since late 2019, ahead of its opening in early 2020.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can follow it on popular podcast services to never miss an episode.