tommy Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 For anyone who hasn't noticed this on the Buffalo Trace website, you can now see live video of what's going on in the Blanton's bottling warehouse. The Fermenter Room and Still House are listed as "coming soon." So you can sip Blantons while observing your next bottle being filled and corked. Pretty cool stuff! Tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckky Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 Cool!! yet another great idea from the best distillery in the business... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_in_Canada Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 That's very cool.. I wonder what the employees think? Something neat just happened. I just spent 10 minutes on there and I watched a couple of staffers as they saw the video head moving around as I panned and tilted. One woman, who appeared to be managerial, showed another employee how the cam worked. I could see the image on her screen and she kept trying to turn the camera off of them, while I kept returning it. Kinda fun. Big brother is watching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrel_Proof Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 They're running the second batch of Woodside Partners' Reserve right now. Julian is there watching the operation. The labels say a run of 200 bottles. That means each 1/15th share will get 13.33 bottles. I wonder how the .33 will be distributed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_in_Canada Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 It's 12:15 and they're bottling Van Winkle Special Reserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdelling Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 I can't stop watching the webcam!I really like being able to control the camera. That takes theexperience to a whole new level.Tim Dellinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_in_Canada Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Hey, was that you that kept moving the camera around while I was trying to read the label? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_in_Canada Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Right now they're bottling VW Family Reserve, 23 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepcycle Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 PVW23YO!!!! I can't wait. That's gonna be a side by side. Old 23 vs New 23 (Oxymoron? New 23 YO) Did you notice if the windows and doors were locked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_in_Canada Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Did you notice if the windows and doors were locked? LOL. I almost hopped on a plane to check, but that would take at least 12 hours to get there. Julian is in the house, he's putting the bottles in embroidered velvet tubes, then into custom boxes, before the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepcycle Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Dave, I'm only 20 minutes away and drove by there today. If I knew, I would have stopped in and visited. (Hey, got any extra labels?) I could wear my Harpo Marx coat. (How did that get in there?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyc Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Any idea what the count on this run will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 supposed to be about 700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyc Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 I have a bottle of the old. The prospect of a side by side is ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleblank Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 What did they bottle and pack at 15yo and 90 proof? There's a pallet of it ready to ship.DoubleBlank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleblank Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Now I'm confused on what's on the pallets. There also seems to be a packing slip for VW's 12yo SpRes on the same boxes. Does this mean that the VW12yo is really a 15yo? Just curious.DoubleBlank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 I didn't mean bring back the old 23 Bobby... I meant something totally different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Very Cool! Here's the Webcam Link -Bandit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr8erdane Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Even with my slow connection at home, I got a real treat today. Got to watch the line pack up 23 yr old Pappy Van Winkle. Why does it have to be now, when Christmas shopping has drained my excess cash? I guess those of you who are PVW23 fans can consider this an alert that it's coming soon. Dane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNbourbon Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I watched for a little while today as they put labels (I think that's what they were doing) on Rain vodka miniatures (50 ml) and harkened back to Bettye Jo's note in another thread about how the bottling lines seldom ran full-speed for an 8-hour shift. What I watched today sure seem labor-intensive.It also was interesting to think of vodka being run on the same line that ordinarily produces (mighty fine) bourbon. Could two drinks be much more different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Here Bobby, on Julian's website it says 900 bottles were just bottled. Oh I cannot wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 Looks like they've got the Fermenter Room camera up and running.Tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy Posted September 29, 2004 Author Share Posted September 29, 2004 Now the still house camera is up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musher Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 I also noticed that the Fermenter Room camera is back.No controls for the Still House camera, though.The highlight, though, had to be watching them bottle the GTS a few weeks back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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