How Bourbon is Made: 12 Distilleries in 5 Days

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We toured 12 distilleries in a five-day blitz, asking everyone we met to walk us through the bourbon-making process. Here, you’ll find all of the steps that go into making America’s unique take on whiskey.
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Special thanks to (in order of appearance):
Dave Pudlo, Distillery Education Director at Maker’s Mark Distillery
Freddy Johnson, Tour Guide at Buffalo Trace Distillery
Drew Kulsveen, Master Distiller at Willett Distillery
Hunter Davis, Tour Guide at the Jim Beam American Stillhouse
Doug Wade, Miller at Maker’s Mark Distillery
6. Chris Morris, Master Distiller at Woodford Reserve
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@LOLworldofwarcrafLOL 9 лет назад

That end-quote... Just made me smile :)

@Mavvyd96 4 года назад

The following is wrong: Who pissed in your Cheerios?

@agctony123 3 года назад

Same!

@TheWizardYeof 4 года назад

That guy who did that laugh and said “Isn’t life a journey” seems like someone who’d just be a great guy to spend a day drinkin whiskey with

@maddie4077 3 года назад

He's Freddie from Buffalo Trace Distillery. He's part of the great history of the distillery. There's a mini documentary on him on RU-vid. Its worth watching.

@modmlot 4 года назад

Wish I could walk into my local liquor store and see Blanton’s on the shelf just once in my lifetime.......

@KennethRathburn 4 года назад

Same.

@rolandoors8615 4 года назад

It took me four years of looking in about five different states in the southeast before I finally found one.

@ronnysterling7694 4 года назад

My liquor store guy Al, would order it up if ya wanted, couldn’t keep in on the shelf

@nickengineroom 4 года назад

I’m from Australia. I love bourbon whiskey neat . How’s come it’s not on shelves ? Does it sell that quickly or is it gov regulations? All the best America from your Aussie brother .🙏👍

@johnnyangel9163 4 года назад

It appears then disappears.I found it for 49$.Hah,not no more!

@jangofettch1891 5 лет назад

Wow, thank you so much for showcasing some of the best distilleries in Kentucky. Woodford reserve, Jim Beam, buffalo trace and old forester are amazing bourbons. I'm a Kentucky native with a irish and Scandinavian heritage. To say I enjoy fermented beverages is an understatement.

@kevinsmith8793 7 лет назад

I work at Buffalo Trace Distillery...Blanton Building....great seeing Freddie on this video! Great job!

@mdHugh 6 лет назад

I recently watched Neat... I'll be honest I want to come and do a tour just so I can talk to him and hear more stories...

@Mikey-ym6ok 6 лет назад

Don't talk make the trader Joe's brand bourbon?

@user-ij9up7tr9b 6 лет назад

tell me pls what the malt do you use? dry white or green young?

@durden2480 6 лет назад

I love some trace

@cghinds 5 лет назад

Freddie was my favorite one of the tour guides in this video

@marionlogan1379 3 года назад

Just started as a tour guide at Bladnoch distillery in the South west Scotland and someone asked me the difference between Scotch malt and Bourbon, now I think I can answer the question. Great video...thanks. James from Scotland

@jkramaster 8 лет назад

Man, I like bourbon. This is neat.

@JAF2991 7 лет назад

I like my videos like I like my Bourbon, Neat.

@duffman9908 7 лет назад

I like my jokes like I like my whiskey, extremely corny.

@TheBourbonDiaries 4 года назад

Mark Twain said that if there's no Bourbon in heaven, he wouldn't wanna go. He was right. Let's hope there is, though.

@davidschadeberg3786 4 года назад

Jim Beam!

@justintylerwashere 3 года назад

These comments made me wine lol

@gearpatrol 4 года назад

Now that you're thirsty... here are our picks for the best bourbons at every price point: gear.gp/IJ2Zn

@murallod 5 лет назад

Freddie at Buffalo Trace is priceless!! He was so awesome. He has so much knowledge and great experiences growing up around the distillery.

@bboyshr6 6 лет назад

God bless Americans. Happy memorial day

@Sds518 4 года назад

to you as well

@TheGeoDaddy 5 лет назад

“I’m a teetotaler” - I was too! If I drank more than two glasses of wine in a year... it was a drunken stooper! But I took a trip to the “Bourbon Trail” trued a few and I’m now a “drinker” two or three sips - neat - every evening.

@MENTION-IT-ALL 6 лет назад

Love and respect these brands and the magicians who produce them. Cheers!

@flamefiter43 4 года назад

A great intro for newbies to how bourbon is made!!!! Well done Gear Patrol!!!

@lukeagex 9 лет назад

Awesome, very informative and fun to watch!

@geraldwest3428 8 лет назад

Excellent video...thanks for taking your time out to give us a window into the process.

@rgseven6557 9 лет назад

Thanks for sharing this video. I am not a heavy drinker but I find the process of making Bourbon truly fascinating!

@Existomalus 4 года назад

You don't have to be a heavy drinker to enjoy some good bourbon, my friend :)

@foxhound5702 8 лет назад

Thoroughly enjoyed this video, very informative. Definitely gonna show this to my bourbon enthusiast friends =)

@josephisrael1425 9 лет назад

Makes me want to reconsider my career path!

@sardoggy 5 лет назад

Very enjoyable video. Thanks for sharing.

@j1bc 2 года назад

Greetings from Scotland. Great video 👍

@bluenosepe 2 года назад

Great video. Thanks.

@sav7568 6 лет назад

Congratulations to whoever put this together. Nice job.

@Leeohlin89 4 года назад

I don’t drink alcohol at all. Least the hard ones, but I came here to educate myself to see how exactly this stuff is made and it’s quite an appreciative art for fine connoisseurs. This video was pleasant to watch as well. :-)

@Dablkwid0w2008 2 года назад

Same

@Ed-lz4jv 7 лет назад

nice video, lots of info and my favorite, Woodford reserve.

@ericwilliams2574 3 года назад

Love Bourbon! Thank you Kentucky! From your northern neighbor, Ohio!

@TasteBudJunkie 2 года назад

this was absolutely fascinating ... i'm just about to jump on the bourbon journey.

@BlueThaBrain 7 лет назад

This was a very beautiful production

@richardhyde6418 8 лет назад

In fact I'm gonna watch it again I enjoyed it so much....

@GunOwnerDan 9 лет назад

Great video!

@mdoering 7 лет назад

Love this video. A lot of the shots of the warehouses is clearly Buffalo Trace, and the tour guide is Freddie Johnson. Very interesting interview with him and his father is out there as part of their "Oral History" project. Buffalo Trace was an absolutely amazing experience and I recommend you stop by if you find yourself in Kentucky. One thing to note though is the statement made in the audio clip regarding consistency coming from batching several barrels @8:28 is inconsistent with the video shown which is Blanton's bottles being filled. Blanton's is a single barrel bourbon from warehouse H at Buffalo Trace and every bottle contains bourbon from only a single barrel.

@FirestormAudio 8 лет назад

Awesome video.

@senorprince4492 6 лет назад

This made me enjoy the Blanton I'm sipping on. Thanks partner!

@rits6655 5 лет назад

I just had my first drink of bourbon, and hours later I can still taste it. Had to see how this fire water was made.

@pedra12 9 лет назад

Awesome vid guys. I loved it. It was cool to see the Blanton bottles being filled at 8:22. My favorite bourbon.

@mruf3546 9 лет назад

My favorite as well. It's not part of the tour but I asked and they took me into the bottling room.

@pedra12 9 лет назад

M Ruf Thanks so much for asking to go into that room. Very cool to see.

@mruf3546 9 лет назад

pedra12 This isn't my video. I don't want to highjack the video. When I was there in April I got to go into the room but no video of it. They were very gracious at Buffalo Trace. Definitely recommend the tour.

@natecorsn9097 5 лет назад

A bitch to find though.

@richardhyde6418 8 лет назад

Just a great Video.....Thanks for sharing/posting.......best bit. Right at the end. My favourite Bourbon......Blanton's.......Mmmmmmmm

@lukelogan3069 7 лет назад

this is an awesome video

@distlledbrewedreviewed 7 лет назад

Nice job, makes me want to crack open a bottle. mission accomplished!

@nerdsdrinkwhiskey6972 6 лет назад

Very well done.

@tonypepperoni3157 2 года назад

This was cool

@richf6567 9 лет назад

Great video.

@enduropancenoye 7 лет назад

This video explaine.. Thats why I love bourbon

@stevemichael9576 4 года назад

Interesting stuff. Love me a nice glass of Kentucky straight bourbon. 👌🏽

@chrism6904 4 года назад

That last guy was awesome!

@belmont2168 4 года назад

Fabulously smooth tasting.

@BirdArvid 5 лет назад

It makes sense to use a column still for the first distillation and pot stills for further distillations I believe. I imagine those continual stills run day and night these days!

@treasuretrails 5 лет назад

Drinking genuine kentucky bourbon while watching this :)

@M.g_marcum 5 лет назад

I cried when the barrel storage collapsed in Versailles

@keyowilson5695 5 лет назад

After watching this video, I have a much different appreciation after taking a sip of bourbon.

@LynksysV 9 лет назад

well that was a fun journey

@CC-5585 4 года назад

LOVE Buffalo Trace!

@dwetick1 4 года назад

I did not know this...Kentucky bourbon is my favorite whiskey. The Scots get the old whiskey barrels (for scotch whiky.) Big fire some years ago shutdown Blantons and Jim Beam too.

@lardook 6 лет назад

And here I am drinking bourbon and cola!!! Love you guys

@TreSneaky 8 лет назад

I liked the tour guide but he sounded a lot like a surfing or skiing instructor. "You get Iron in your Whiskey, you're gonna have a bad time."

@StealthElectronVIP 8 лет назад

+TreSneaky Right but at 1:46 it's explained that Iron makes a bitter off-tasting whiskey.

@twotone87200288 6 лет назад

STAN DARSH!

@adamhausmann3969 6 лет назад

TreSneaky hahah

@-_-GT350 4 года назад

TreSneaky sounds like the guy from the Simpsons

@josiahquincy2744 4 года назад

Guess it was that time of the month

@jason19920816ify 5 лет назад

you can see the passion in the last guy

@thierrybernot9369 4 года назад

Love Blanton’s.

@mandeepjhajhria1 9 лет назад

Thanks for sharing and making this video. While watching this video I hardly saw anyone wearing high visible jacket, safety glasses and very few were wearing gloves while working. In Australia you can not even imagine to enter in workplace without these 3 PPEs. Thanks to Safe Work Australia Department

@mandeepjhajhria1 8 лет назад

+whoadoe Hahhahaaa. Australia is over hyped country. That's why industry is moving out unfortunately

@fangadorawolfen6164 7 лет назад

Don't worry, Europe, the United States, and your home will be turned into communist police states soon, that or a theocracy who will burned every book, and kill every professor. Either way we are all screwed.

@ESowder24 4 года назад

Wish we had Fred on the Buffalo Trace tour we did last December

@ealdie24 4 года назад

Look at how much science these people need to know just to make a good bourbon. don't take it for granted folks!

@scottplumer3668 5 лет назад

It seems like different weather patterns in a particular year could really affect the taste of a bourbon. Do they not try to keep it consistent, or do they embrace the variety?

@JustinNathanson 5 лет назад

I LOVE BOURBON.

@yasser9350 5 лет назад

Im gonna try it soon never had Bourdon little bit expensive her and not too many choices just scotch and irish wiskey whats bette

@trublood6410 6 лет назад

Drinking some Bulliet Bourbon atm :)

@Heroofselene 4 года назад

Mix it with honey, and you'll get a Mega Bourbon.

@SV-pv4pv 2 года назад

"we're then goin' to mix that with our LIMESTONE WATER in our COOKER" I appreciate his intensity about limestone water.

@oskeymccaffrey4667 5 лет назад

Bourbon, smoked meat, and cigars..that's what i mean

@ericwilliams2574 3 года назад

Yes!

@nickfehrenbach382 3 года назад

And pipe Tobacco

@MultiMusicfan99 7 лет назад

Great video! Does the bourbon pull the flavor from the saps and the rosins or resins? I couldn't quite make out what the gentleman said.

@inplainsight131 6 лет назад

MultiMusicfan99 he said rosins. Both the same thing just from different trees.

@raymondbillups2002 6 лет назад

I didn’t know you take the alcohol vapors from beer to make bourbon. I guess it makes sense why I’m fascinated it whiskey now.

@xrayguy1981 6 лет назад

raymond Billups no, they just call the yeast and grain mixture “beer”. It’s not the same ingredients as the beer you drink, just made in a similar way.

@YT-BenG 5 лет назад

buffalo trace is my daily whisky when it get cold out

@whatshappenedhere1784 5 лет назад

"It's not temperature, it's barometric pressure" Uhhh you get one with the other anyway, change the temperature of a gas and you will change the pressure and vice versa (they have a direct relationship). I understand that he means it is the pressure differential from the inside and outside of the barrel that moves the whiskey, but why can't you just say that. "The changing temperatures effect the barometric pressure, and depending whether the whiskey is hotter or colder than the surrounding air inside of the barrel will fluctuate between positive and negative pressures. This pushes the whiskey in, and then pulls it out of the wooden barrel giving it its colour and flavour." Fixed it

@jar5025 9 лет назад

Neat

@TRIKushbeachside 3 года назад

How do they get all of the fruity , vanilla, cinnamon etc.. flavors? Do they mix it with the grain? Hard to believe that so many flavors can come from just the barrel

@dbatten92 9 лет назад

anyone know the song playing in the background

@pucky765 4 года назад

Anybody ever try 1792 Bourbon? ? I just starting sippin high end Bourbons and ran across the 1792 'FullProof' it's called, 125 proof, magnificent! ! They have others as well, high rye, small batch, sweet wheat, single barrel. Great bourbon! !!

@gearpatrol 4 года назад

We are HUGE fans of 1792 Full Proof for... obvious reasons. Check out this write up: gear.gp/NF9Zq

@scottblackwell5789 4 года назад

02:00 yep, that’s a fairly heavy accent. Wonder where it derives from? Not just a southern accent, is it? My wife is a south Alabamian and has a pretty accent, but it’s different than that Kentucky style.

@rawdog268 4 года назад

Buffalo Trace Distillery #1

@thecapone45 7 лет назад

Sl if the bourbon barrels will cause the bourbon to taste differently, how do they ensure the bourbon we buy will taste the same?

@redletterl78 7 лет назад

Toni Capone Most whisky including bourbon is a blend of many barrels, referred to as a batch, which results in a consistent product. Batch sizes vary depending on what the distiller is producing. Some whisky is "small batch" usually meaning that fewer barrels were used to make that batch. These bottles usually state the batch number on the label. Additionally, many distilleries produce single barrel whisky, often at higher proof - taking the best matured spirit to produce a premium product. But then you do get variation between bottles from different barrels.

@DCI-Frank-Burnside 2 года назад

Is it the char that gives bourbon that slightly sweeter taste?

@JUICEPPL1 9 лет назад

Breaking Bourbon @ 2:46

@j1bc Год назад

1 of the best whisky videos on you tube

@uchihaobito9503 5 лет назад

Got some jim beam atm bois

@wildernessman760 6 лет назад

Most water in the mid western states is naturally filtered through lime stone my well is drilled into a lime stone bed. Most sand and gravel well beds are above the lime stone bed where the water is coming out of.

@chrisholt4804 Год назад

Blantons is so damn good

@chefdevin7099 4 года назад

I wonder where all the Blanton bottles went to

@mindbogler1234512345 7 лет назад

what company is this

@imperialwarhawk123abc5 6 лет назад

Anyone knows if there is a school to study how to make whiskey and spirits? Would be something i wanna do when I'm older.

@josiahquincy2744 6 лет назад

A lot of community colleges offer courses on wine making from the soil preparation, etc. So look in that direction, or get in touch with Jimmy Russell

@berrytharp1334 6 лет назад

Move to Ky and get a job at a distillery.

@scottplumer3668 5 лет назад

Case Western Reserve U in Cleveland, where I work, is currently working on a degree program for beer brewing. Their campus bar just started brewing in the last year, and offer work-study programs for students as brewer's assistant. Not spirit distilling, but it's something.

@josiahquincy2744 5 лет назад

A lot of community colleges have courses on wine making that get into chemistry, management of land etc and you have to make wine to pass. Students firing up a whiskey still probably too many lawsuits lol

@campagnollo 5 лет назад

Hope you have the patience and money. To make a decent whiskey, you need brand new, charred wooden barrels. That's a legal requirement. You fill them up with filtered mash and let it sit for 7 years.

@XerxesGammon200 9 лет назад

God bless the state of Kentucky :)

@Mikey-ym6ok 6 лет назад

The Persian Atheist said the atheist? Haha!

@MrAjtello4 9 лет назад

I FUCKING LOVE WOODFORD RESERVE.

@MONKEYLOVER409 9 лет назад

I tried that for the first time, really good.

@TheEthanolReview 6 лет назад

Awesome video, its wonderful that bourbon is finally being romanticized as it should be

@FullOfMalarky 3 года назад

2:43 “JESSIE, THE COOK”

@josiahquincy2744 4 года назад

Best booze available imho. Then they sell the used barrels to the scotch distilleries

@allisrealitive 7 лет назад

what distilleries did you tour and where were they?

@Anonymous-he4lq 7 лет назад

I saw Makers Mark, Jim Beam, and Woodford Reserve, all of those are in Kentucky.

@duffman9908 7 лет назад

There was also Heaven Hill.

@inplainsight131 6 лет назад

Buffalo Trace was one of the main places. Frankfort, Kentucky.

@ronnysterling7694 4 года назад

Lubs me some bourbon

@JOHNOOH 5 лет назад

Beautiful a

@rickhasitallbro6321 6 лет назад

Gimme Jim Beam

@danegross7378 Год назад

I'm almost 38 and been a beam people since age 14. Give the angel's a taste but remember the devil's cut lol.

@backuppracams909 5 лет назад

The only companion to reading about Scotch- Irish heritage in the US is Kentucky bourbon

@trimcoversit3971 4 года назад

I was under the impression that in order to call it a bourbon the water had to come from a particular watershed in Kentucky.

@Solocat1 4 года назад

Nope. Bourbon must be made of a grain mixture that is at least 51% corn. Bourbon must be distilled to no more than 160 (U.S.) proof (80% alcohol by volume). Bourbon must be aged in new, charred oak barrels. Bourbon may not be introduced to the barrel at higher than 125 proof (62.5% alcohol by volume).