Tonik Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 The vats are 92000 gallons each of fermenting mash. They have 24 of them. The warehouses store 60,000 barrels...250 bottles per barrel. So ball park 500 million bottles of bourbon aging currently. They dry the used mash grain and sell it for cattle feed. The proceeds from that pay every salary in the company. On that table are some of the finest and rarest bourbons made. We got to hang with their head blender/taster. He liked us so much that he got out some seriously rare stuff at the end. Epic day. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 For me the most interesting thing was that when they put it in the barrel they don't really know what it will be. They have a general idea of the family it will be in but until the aging starts to kick in it could be Trace or it could be Eagle Rare. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 12 minutes ago, Tonik said: For me the most interesting thing was that when they put it in the barrel they don't really know what it will be. They have a general idea of the family it will be in but until the aging starts to kick in it could be Trace or it could be Eagle Rare. Did they say why this is? Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidersDiscount Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 It's on my list of things to do, hit the bourbon trail. Love me some Blanton's... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, RidersDiscount said: It's on my list of things to do, hit the bourbon trail. Love me some Blanton's... Had that today. Saw them bottling it. Those are bottled by hand. The on site store will bum you out. Not a lot of stock. Federal law says they can only sell through traditional distribution. So the distillery sells to the distributor and then their store buys it back. They don't even own the store, they can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 I met Abraham Lincoln today in ORD. I know you do not care, but it fits your Kentucky Fried Whiskey thread, so I figured I would contribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidersDiscount Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 32 minutes ago, Tonik said: Had that today. Saw them bottling it. Those are bottled by hand. The on site store will bum you out. Not a lot of stock. Federal law says they can only sell through traditional distribution. So the distillery sells to the distributor and then their store buys it back. They don't even own the store, they can't. Not an easy find these days but I always have one on the shelf at the house. Glad you enjoyed your time there! I need to plan a trip this summer/fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialEd Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 My wealthy, single brother is into pricey bourbon big time. I can't imagine consuming this grade of liquor as a daily after work libation. Too freaking expensive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted February 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, SpecialEd said: My wealthy, single brother is into pricey bourbon big time. I can't imagine consuming this grade of liquor as a daily after work libation. Too freaking expensive. It's all relative to how much you make.. I watched my kid order a 900 dollar bottle after the tasting. I bet Bill Gates would never order such sub par bourbon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tonik said: It's all relative to how much you make.. I watched my kid order a 900 dollar bottle after the tasting. I bet Bill Gates would never order such sub par bourbon. I once read Bill Gates dropping $300k is the equivalent of the average American purchasing a postage stamp. And that was at least 10yrs ago. I have a hard time even comprehending that much money lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) Jeff Bezos makes $2500/second... as of May 2019, that is. I am sure it has increased since then. Edited February 7, 2020 by Pauly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTheAzn Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 If anyone wants to hit a bourbon trail I'm in. I mainly blame @Jester_ for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 13 hours ago, Pauly said: Jeff Bezos makes $2500/second... as of May 2019, that is. I am sure it has increased since then. 🤯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) Bourbon trail is cool. We've done it twice. Once in the car and once on the bikes. Get the little stamp passport book and when you get it stamped at all the distilleries you get a free t shirt. Edited February 7, 2020 by 2talltim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoop Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 While I was in college, I worked part-time for what was then the only distillery in Pennsylvania, Michter's Distillery. I managed the wastewater treatment plant (did testing and reported to the PA DEP). It was great income for a college chemistry student. AND, my senior research project was to develop test methods to compare their product to JD. Taste testing was not officially involved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomberger's_Distillery This article doesn't mention one of the distillery's favorite claims to fame. They had a 1777 invoice for sale of whiskey to George Washington's bursar while the troops were at Valley Forge. The still building and the warehouse are gone now. The only remaining building is the jug house that is still on the registry of historic places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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