Barton's Tour

[LeNell]

Hey, pals! Had a very nice dinner with Greg Davis tonight and he's offered to do a sweet little tour with us Thursday, April 27th at 10am during the Sampler. PM me if you are interested. Should be a good time. It's always nice to smell the distillery right there at the General Nelson Gazebo. Even better to be at the distillery!

1792 finally hit NYC! yee haw

[jeff]

That will be interesting for anyone who attends. A bunch of us took the tour in September and it was great. No fancy showroom, but lots of good information. I think I was more impressed by the palletizer than anything:lol:

[pepcycle]

Talking with the Column Still Operator.

We went through the entire process and how he tweaks the temps and flows to maximize production, minimize heads/tails etc.

[jeff]

He was great. What was his name again?

[doubleblank]

His middle name was "who needs a thumper to make good whiskey?".

Seems he bypassed it on a regular basis. I know I had a funny look on my face.

Randy

[BourbonJoe]

No wonder some batches of 1792 taste strange.

Joe

[jeff]

For anyone who may not know, 1792 is actually a "mingling" of 2 different recipies: standard barton and the "1792" recipe. While on tour we got to taste a barrel sample of the pure "1792" recipe and it was spectacular! I wish they could bottle just that, but there isn't enough of the "1792" to go very far.

[TNbourbon]

...While on tour we got to taste a barrel sample of the pure "1792" recipe and it was spectacular! I wish they could bottle just that...

It was fun seeing everybody's eyes shine when tasting that stuff!:bigeyes: It was right up there with the handful of 'top-shelf' tastes I've had.