Drinks

Tour the Distillery with Julian Van Winkle III

Take a closer look inside the distillery that produces some of the finest whiskeys on Earth

May 18, 2012

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Kentucky Spirit- Julian P. Van Winkle III

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Van Winkle outside the Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery

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Inside the process

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A handful of ground corn that’s used to make Pappy

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Samplings from some of the latest barrels

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Van Winkle prepares to sample some of the latest Pappy to emerge from the barrels

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The tasting lab

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A smart update to the age-old distillery

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Aging gracefully: an outsiders view of the barrels at Buffalo Terace

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A sampling from the Van Winkle family of whiskey

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