tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post6483913859453211636..comments2024-03-17T14:10:05.912-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: Wild Turkey Unveils New Distillery.Chuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-64912648281145469852011-07-01T09:06:55.505-05:002011-07-01T09:06:55.505-05:00I'm pretty sure they had already worn out and ...I'm pretty sure they had already worn out and been replaced.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-66261983846277047892011-07-01T08:07:45.327-05:002011-07-01T08:07:45.327-05:00I can only hope that the whiskey doesn't suffe...I can only hope that the whiskey doesn't suffer. It's all too common that when a distillery is moved, even across the street, the new distillate doesn't quite measure up to the old. But, we won't know for another six to eight years, will we?<br /><br />Did they keep any of the old cypress fermenters, or was everything replaced by stainless steel?hubbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851713018298667087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-27274764607445132012011-06-22T12:00:54.340-05:002011-06-22T12:00:54.340-05:00Apparently, there are over 5 million barrels of wh...Apparently, there are over 5 million barrels of whiskey currently aging in Kentucky. 4.7 million of those are bourbon. 4.3 million people live in Kentucky, which of course makes only 1.09 barrels of bourbon per resident. I think we need more whiskey!<br />http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/21/1783080/ky-distilleries-rapidly-expand.htmlAaronWFhttp://whiskeywonka.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-65172834097692242242011-06-22T09:21:26.407-05:002011-06-22T09:21:26.407-05:00The wife and I did the Bourbon Trail tour last fal...The wife and I did the Bourbon Trail tour last fall. The Wild Turkey tour was the downside of the 6 distilleries we visited. They were in the construction stages of the new facility, and it was off limits for the tours. Instead, we got to tour the old still house and the other empty equipment rooms. Everything was empty, and the old column still had openings cut into it. The contractors were cannibalizing the spirit safes and stainless steel fittings for the new stills. The tour guide told us the new building was going in where the old bottling hall was. As all bottling was now being done if Ft. Smith AK. I asked what was to be done with all the old buildings after the new distillery was up and running. He said no decision was made about it yet, but the employees were hoping it would be torn down and a new bottling hall would be erected in its place. I took many pictures of what we could see, and they are posted online in my Picasa page.<br />The Wild Turkey pictures start with # 220 and run through 257<br /><br />Can't wait to go back down and see the new operation. <br /><br />https://picasaweb.google.com/snakeman48/KentuckyBourbonTrail2010snakemannoreply@blogger.com