Photos: Kentucky bourbon gets a tech twist
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Bardstown Bourbon Company
Bardstown Bourbon Company
An array of the bourbons produced at Bardstown Bourbon Company. This sophisticated distillery has expanded twice since opening in 2016.
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Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Trace
Bourbon tourism is up in Kentucky, with a record 1.4 million stops at distilleries around the state expected in 2019, up 370% since 2009.
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Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley
Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley
One of the most famous bourbons in the world, Pappy Van Winkle, is made at Buffalo Trace.
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Buffalo Trace Distillery
Buffalo Trace Distillery
The distillation process includes the fermentation of grains in huge vats.
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Buffalo Trace Distillery tour
Buffalo Trace Distillery tour
At Buffalo Trace, there were 225,000 visitors last year, and the number is growing. The distillery, gift shop, and visitor’s center are being expanded, as well as the warehousing and bottling facilities.
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Buffalo Trace Distillery
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Buffalo Trace Distillery sits on the Kentucky River.
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Buffalo Trace Distillery
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Bourbon barrels.
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Warehouse X at Buffalo Trace
Warehouse X at Buffalo Trace
Warehouse X is an experimental warehouse at Buffalo Trace. There are sensors on each of the 150 barrels in Warehouse X, and the data is analyzed to show how the barrels are aging.
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Matthew McConaughey as creative director for Wild Turkey
Matthew McConaughey as creative director for Wild Turkey
Matthew McConaughey teamed with Wild Turkey to produce Longbranch bourbon.
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Master Distillers Jimmy and Eddie Russell at Wild Turkey
Master Distillers Jimmy and Eddie Russell at Wild Turkey
Jimmy and Eddie Russell at Wild Turkey are the only father/son team of master distillers.
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Master Distillers Eddie Russell and Jimmy Russell at Wild Turkey in a bourbon warehouse
Master Distillers Eddie Russell and Jimmy Russell at Wild Turkey in a bourbon warehouse
This warehouse was built in 1894.
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Wild Turkey
Wild Turkey
The visitor’s center at Wild Turkey. Wild Turkey draws nearly 100,000 visitors each year.
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Master Distiller Eddie Russell
Master Distiller Eddie Russell
Taste testing bourbon at Wild Turkey.
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Wild Turkey control room
Wild Turkey control room
Wild Turkey opened this new control room in 2010.
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Longbranch bourbon
Longbranch bourbon
Longbranch bourbon is a collaboration between Matthew McConaghey and Wild Turkey.
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Teena Maddox and Eddie Russell at Wild Turkey
Teena Maddox and Eddie Russell at Wild Turkey
A tour of the Wild Turkey warehouse that holds 14,000 barrels of bourbon.
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Bardstown Bourbon Company
Bardstown Bourbon Company
Barrels of bourbon at the Bardstown Bourbon Company.
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Bardstown Bourbon Company
Bardstown Bourbon Company
The distillery has floor-to-ceiling windows for a modern look.
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