Visit to the Distillery
We stopped by the Makers Mark in Kentucky yesterday.
Now, if you are a Muslim or a Mormon you need to pass this by I certainly don't want to send you to hell.
Otherwise, this is a great tour! Vats of fermenting corn, made of wood.
Ten feet across and fifteen feet high, use your pi R squared and figure out how much booze this is.
You are looking at the top of this vat it sticks through the floor and is about 15 feet high. There are 8 of these giant vats.
Gorgeous copper stills.
Lots of charred oak barrels. The big warehouses hold 55,000 barrels. There are 18 warehouses.
The girlfriend got to dip her own bottle of Makers Mark into the distinctive red wax.
The last stop is a bar room. All guests are served a few shots of this magnificent bourbon.
I just had a little nip.
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Been there a couple of times and it is a great tour. I remember lots of cats in the storage barns. 0 -
Looks like a fine time. So far I've been to the Wild Turkey, Four Roses and the Woodford Reserve distilleries. I need to hit the Bourbon Trail again this Fall. 0 -
Love that last photo, Allen!
The Bourbon trail is on my radar!!0 -
Girlfriend? I thought it was your daughter. 0 -
Awesome pics thanks for sharing that last one is a LOL 0 -
Looks like I am going to have to carve out some time to do this trip at some point. 0 -
Bro,
What happened to your hair?
(And) You are wearing Bedroom Slippers. :shock:0 -
He left his cowboy boots in the truck. 0 -
are you posting from the bathroom in a closed distillary 0 -
It looks to me like you had a little nap, instead!I just had a little nip.
Big Al (still getting used to this new forum software, I am!)0 -
"Girlfriend? I thought it was your daughter."
With those that can afford it , their girlfriends always look like someones daughter.
When vacation is making the rounds to distilleries you just may have a problem !0 -
It?ll be a while before I can ever get to the bourbon trail. However, there are a few smaller distilleries near me in WV. They?re so small you can sit down with the owners / workers and discuss life over a couple of ?samples.? 0 -
This place is great. Small and they take the time to sit n chat with you.
Their corn whiskey is aged in barrels that are previously used to age maple syrup. That lends a great flavor!
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The girlfriend also bought a fifth of "white" Makers Mark for $36. This is available only at the distillery.
Now, we know to make bourbon you have to age the liquor in a charred oak cask for 7 years, obviously a difficult and expensive process.
But grain alcohol? Ferment corn for 5 days, distill it in a few hours, and bottle it! They can't have more than 3 bucks in that bottle and I bet the glass cost more than the booze.0 -
These guys all think that last photo was posed Allen. 0
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