The Spirited Series

Gallopalooza was started in 2004 as a public art initiative to beautify Louisville and support Brightside's mission to unite people in our communities through clean and green activities that beautify and foster pride through volunteerism, planting efforts, sustainability, and education. The Spirited Series is the newest round of custom bourbon bottle statues featuring some of downtown Louisville's most iconic brands to celebrate our local bourbon heritage.

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Win your own Spirited Series statue!

We are raffling off each one of these statues to support Brightside’s clean and green initiatives throughout the community. The winners will be announced at our annual fundraiser, the Brightside Bash, on September 21.

These statues from Angel’s Envy, Four Gate Whiskey, Old Forester, and Rabbit Hole Distillery are on display at the Frazier Museum, 829 W. Main St., in downtown Louisville.

Find out more and purchase your raffle ticket HERE.

The Gallopalooza Spirited Series would not be possible without the generous contributions from Clark Material Handling Company and Studio A Louisville.

Two years ago, Robert “Bobby” D’Antoni from Four Gate Whiskey reached out to Gallopalooza with the idea to create 6x-scale custom bourbon bottle statues. Fast forward to today, and that vision comes to life with the Spirited Series.

About the bourbon: Four Gate Whiskey Company blends the highest quality whiskey available and collaborates on each batch with the barrel experts at Kelvin Cooperage to barrel finish the whiskey in new and innovative ways. Every batch is unique and Four Gate is proud to be a Brightside sponsor.

This statue painted by local artist, Kim Perry, highlights the five Four Gate Whiskey batches that have been released: Foundation, The Kelvin Collaboration, Outer Loop Orbit, Eagle Theif, and River Kelvin Rye combined with the four-gate fence that is featured on every bottle.

This statue is on display at Watch Hill Proper, 11201 River Beauty Loop in Norton Commons.

Victor Sweatt painted this Four Gate Whiskey statue that features our local soccer clubs: Louisville City FC and Racing Louisville FC.

You can see this statue Falls City Beer, 901 E. Liberty Street (at the corner of Campbell in the Phoenix Hill neighborhood).

Local graffiti artist, Casey McKinney, created a pop-art tribute to Brightside’s beautification efforts and the 675,000 daffodils that have been planted along the expressways along Interstate 71 and Interstate 64 into Spaghetti Junction.

This is one of four statues that could be yours! Find out more HERE.

This statue is on display at the Frazier Museum, 829 W. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202.

About the bourbon: The Old Forester bourbons featured in The Spirited Series are the Whisky Row Series which represents a moment in Old Forester’s 150-year story: 1870 Original Batch Whisky, 1897 Bottled in Bond, 1910 Old Fine Whisky, and 1920 Style Prohibition Whisky, along with the 86-proof and 100-proof Old Forester bourbons.

This Old Forester Whisky Row statue was painted by local artist, Monica Barnett, who incorporated founder George Garvin Brown and the brand’s distillery in the design.

This is one of four statues that could be yours! Find out more HERE.

This statue is on display at the Frazier Museum, 829 W. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202.

Local artist and Brown-Forman employee, Keith Anderson painted this Old Forester 86 Proof statue to highlight that it is the only bourbon continuously distilled and marketed by the founding family before, during and after Prohibition.

This statue will be on display at the Old Forester Distilling Co., 119 W. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202

The Old Forester 100 Proof statue was painted by local artist and Brown-Forman employee, Keith Anderson, and honors the legacy of founder George Garvin Brown.

This statue will be on display at the Old Forester Distilling Co., 119 W. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202

Rabbit Hole Distillery’s series of Spirited Series bottle statues feature characters from Alice in Wonderland and were all painted by local artist Carrie Johns.

About the bourbon: Rabbit Hole’s founder, Kaveh Zamanian, fell in love with Bourbon and the dream to be part of a tradition dating back to the early settlers of our Kentucky Commonwealth. He risked it all, going down a rabbit hole to create true, original, one-of-a-kind spirits for the discerning and build a legacy to last lifetimes.

The Alice in Wonderland series starts with Alice. Artist Carrie Johns captures the series’ protagonist and sets the stage for the rest of the custom bottle designs for Rabbit Hole.

This is one of four statues that could be yours! Find out more HERE.

This statue is on display at the Frazier Museum, 829 W. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202.

The White Rabbit opens the story with his harried and frantic, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!” Alice follows him down the rabbit hole into Wonderland.

This statue will be on display at Rabbit Hole Distillery, 711 E. Jefferson St., Louisville, KY 40202.

The March Hare is the Mad Hatter’s tea-time companion and takes great pleasure in frustrating Alice.

This statue will be on display at Rabbit Hole Distillery, 711 E. Jefferson St., Louisville, KY 40202.

Angel’s Envy highlights their craftsman’s passion for ensuring that Lincoln Henderson’s exacting standards and legacy of excellence continue on this series of 6x-scale custom bottle statues. The full series of Angel’s Envy bottles were painted by Charles Stafford and Bryan Todd.

About the bourbon:  In the beginning, Angel’s Envy was an idea between father and son. Today, Angel’s Envy is a hand-crafted, small-batch whiskey produced by Louisville Distilling Company, a subsidiary of Bacardi Limited.

Always Finished
Never Done

This statue will be on display at Angel’s Envy, 500 E. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202.

It’s Not Perfect
Until Its Finished

This statue will be on display at Angel’s Envy, 500 E. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202.

Revere Tradition
Embrace Progress

This is one of four statues that could be yours! Find out more HERE.

This statue is on display at the Frazier Museum, 829 W. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202.