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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made

Last updated on: February 21, 2014 10:30 IST


Photographs: John Sommers II/Reuters

The Blue Grass region of Kentucky is home to the many distilleries, which make 9 out of every 10 bottles of bourbon (American whiskey - a barrel-aged distilled spirit made from corn).

Some of these distilleries are in operation since 200 years.

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


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Maker's Mark still operator Bruce Pittman checks fermentation tank with mash at the start of bourbon making process at the Maker's Mark Distillery plant in Loretto, Kentucky.

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


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Maker's Mark employees load empty bourbon barrels that will be sold to distilleries overseas for use in scotch and whiskey production, at the Maker's Mark Distillery plant in Loretto, Kentucky.

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


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Jim Beam employee Terry Hale pulls the barrel bung and empties the aged bourbon for bottling at the Jim Beam Distillery in Clermont, Kentucky. 

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


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Maker's Mark bottles are filled with with bourbon on the production line at the Maker's Mark Distillery plant in Loretto, Kentucky. 

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


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Black Walnut bourbon barrel bungs used to seal the barrel after being filled with bourbon for aging are seen at the Maker's Mark Distillery plant in Loretto, Kentucky. 

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


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Maker's Mark miller Doug Wade checks the soft crushed corn and other grains that are milled for the making of bourbon at the Maker's Mark Distillery plant in Loretto, Kentucky.

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


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New bottles of Maker's Mark bourbon on the conveyor belt pass by a worker after being hand dipped with their signature red wax, on their way to packaging at the Maker's Mark Distillery plant in Loretto, Kentucky.

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


Photographs: John Sommers II/Reuters

Maker's Mark employees hand dip bottles of the bourbon with their signature red wax on the bottling line at the Maker's Mark Distillery plant in Loretto, Kentucky.

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


Photographs: John Sommers II/Reuters

Maker's Mark employees hand dip bottles of the bourbon with their signature red wax on the bottling line at the Maker's Mark Distillery plant in Loretto, Kentucky.

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


Photographs: John Sommers II/Reuters

A glass of Maker's Mark and water at the Maker's Mark Bourbon House & Lounge in Louisville, Kentucky.

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


Photographs: John Sommers II/Reuters

A view of Jim Beam nine floor rack houses where bourbon is aged till it's ready to be bottled at the Jim Beam Distillery in Clermont, Kentucky.

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


Photographs: John Sommers II/Reuters

A view of the many different types of Kentucky bourbon that are produced in Kentucky are displayed at a Party Mart liquor store in Louisville, Kentucky.

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This is how iconic bourbon whiskey is made


Photographs: John Sommers II/Reuters

Jim Beam employee Earl Hodge unloads bourbon barrels of Jim Beam bourbon off a truck after they have been aged and are now ready to be emptied and bottled at the Jim Beam Distillery in Clermont, Kentucky.