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James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits - Distillery, Vendome Copper & Brass, Joseph & Joseph + Bravura Architects, Dr. Seth DeBolt

30’ Column Still Arrives at University of Kentucky as School Preps to Be Nations 1st Grain to Glass Teaching Distillery

There are no distilled spirits without agriculture. They are inherently tied together. The University of
Independent Stave Company - Extractive Concentration During Maturation

Independent Stave’s 6-Year Study on ‘Extractive Concentration’ Changes During Maturation [BrandScape]

Our last post about aging whiskey on different levels of a warehouse sparked some questions
Independent Stave Company - Barrel Warehouse Experiements by Floor, Temp and Humidity

Independent Stave Co. Barrel Warehouse Experiment – Year-1 Results of a 4-Year Study on Heat & Humidity by Floor [BrandScape]

Whiskey barrel warehouses come in a variety of different styles and configurations. Palletized, dunnage, traditional
Kentucky Bourbon Festival - International Bourbon Barrel Relay Race

What is the Kentucky Bourbon Festival Bourbon Barrel Relay Race? Watch as Master Distiller Steve Nally Explains [VIDEO]

The Kentucky Bourbon Festival, the grand-daddy of all bourbon festivals, has been taking place in
Independent Stave Company - ISC Barrels Purchases Brown-Forman Stave Companies

Independent Stave Company Acquires Stave Mills from Brown-Forman – Brings Total Count to 8 with 1 on the Way

Independent Stave Company, world-wide makers of staves and barrels for the wine and spirits industries,
James B. Beam Institute - Andrew Wiehebrink of ISC Barrels and Colin Blake of Moonshine University

Maturation Chemistry – The Chemistry of What Happens Inside a Whiskey Barrel and the Human Body [Video & Slides]

The process that alcohol enters, interacts, and exits a bourbon barrel has a lot of
Independent Stave Company - Sustainable Forest Initiative

Barrel Maker Independent Stave Co. Earns Certification to Sustainable Forestry Initiative Standards

Independent Stave Company’s domestic stave mills and cooperages have achieved certification to the Sustainable Forestry
Kentucky Bourbon Barrel - An Independent Stave Co Announces $4.1 Million Expansion

Kentucky Cooperage to Invest $4.1 Million to Expand Used Barrel Production Capacity

In 2021 Kentucky reported more than 10 million barrels of bourbon aging in rickhouses around
Independent Stave Company - Small Batch Series, Cold Smoked Barrels

Independent Stave Company Launches a Small Batch Series of Maple, Apple, Hickory and Peat Cold Smoked Barrels

One of the great things about distilled spirits like bourbon, rye, wheat, or malt whiskey
Independent Stave Company - Char Levels and Double Barreling

When it Comes to Double Barreling – Independent Stave Says Forget the Char #4 and Go Low [BrandScape]

Independent Stave Company has been crafting barrels since 1912. From all these years of making

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