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Bourbon'S Backroads: A Journey Through Kentucky'S Distilling Landscape,Used
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With more than fifty distilleries in the state, bourbon is as synonymous with Kentucky as horses and basketball. As one of the commonwealth's signature industries, bourbon distilling has influenced the landscape and heritage of the region for more than two centuries. Blending several topicstax revenue, railroads, the mechanics of brewing, geography, landscapes, and architecturethis primer and geographical guide presents a detailed history of the development of Kentucky's distilling industry.Nineteenthcentury distilling changed from an artisanal craft practiced by farmers and millers to a largescale mechanized industry that practiced increasingly refined production techniques. Distillers often operated at comparatively remote sitesthe 'backroads'to take advantage of water sources or transport access. Some distillers adopted mechanization and the steam engine, forgoing water powera change that permitted geographical relocation of distilleries away from traditional sites along creeks or at large springs to urban or rural railside sites.Based on extensive archival research that includes private paper collections, newspapers, and period documents, this work places the distilling process in its environmental, geographical, and historical context. Bourbon's Backroads reveals the places where bourbon's heritage was madefrom old and new distilleries, storage warehouses, railroad yards, and factories where copper fermenting vessels are madeand why the industry continues to thrive.
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