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From the Distillery
Long-form writing from our master distiller and head bartender — single barrel picks, tested cocktail recipes, rickhouse architecture, and the patient art of Kentucky bourbon.
CraftsmanshipThe Art of Barrel Selection: A Master Distiller's Guide
Behind every great single barrel bottling is a quiet, slow walk through a Kentucky rickhouse — and a master distiller who knows exactly which barrel to tap. Here's how that decision actually gets made.
Eleanor Hayes
Master Distiller, Bourbon & Oak
RecipesSummer Cocktails: 5 Bourbon Recipes to Beat the Heat
Five bourbon cocktails we actually serve at the distillery in July — the classic Mint Julep, the Smash, a perfect Whiskey Sour, the modern Paper Plane, and a Bourbon Lemonade that ends every garden tour.
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Distillery NewsNew Rickhouse Opening: Expanding Our Aging Capacity
Rickhouse No. 7 is now standing on the south edge of the campus, adds 20,000 barrels of capacity, and is the first metal-clad warehouse we've ever built. Here's why that matters for what's in your glass.
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