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Whiskey Trip part 2: Willett Distillery

Posted in Bourbon, Rye, Whiskey Club on June 25, 2014 | 1 Comment »

Next up, and just down the road from Heaven Hill was one I’d been really looking forward to: Willett Distillery. Occupying a strange middle ground between craft microdistillery and large producer, Willett places their emphasis on very specific small-scale methods that can only really be this closely controlled when making a more manageable amount of product. […]

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Whiskey Trip part 1: Heaven Hill Distillery

Posted in Bourbon, Whiskey Club on June 24, 2014 | 1 Comment »

Our first stop was the Heaven Hill Distillery. The largest family-owned, and second-largest holder of barreled bourbon in the world, clocking in at 1.5 Million 53-gallon barrels. According to Heaven Hill, bourbon came about when Elijah Craig had a barn fire that charred the inside of his barrels. After deciding to use the barrels anyway […]

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Whiskey Club Field Trip: Kentucky

Posted in Bourbon, Whiskey Club on June 24, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago, Whiskey Club took a trip to Kentucky with the singular purpose of enjoying some great bourbon and rye. While we achieved that, we also managed to learn a ton of stuff about where my favorite spirit is made. There’s a veritable mountain of history and tradition that differs from distillery to distillery, […]

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