Four Roses Bourbon - Warehouse and Bottling Facility
Kentucky · United States
Four Roses – Cox’s Creek is the distillery’s bottling facility and visitor center. Guests will participate in either a tasting or a tour, depending on availability and the client’s request. This location is an official part of Four Roses and complements the experience in Lawrenceburg.
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8 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Four Roses Bourbon - Warehouse and Bottling Facility
Welcome, academics, to the Cox's Creek campus of Four Roses. It is vital to note that distillation does not occur here; this sprawling 300-acre facility in Bullitt County is entirely dedicated to maturation and bottling. …
Listen in the app2The Barrel Receiving Area
Our technical observation begins at the loading docks. Trucks continuously arrive from the Lawrenceburg distillery, transporting freshly filled, charred white oak barrels containing the raw, 120-proof white dog. …
Listen in the app3The Single-Story Warehouses
We now approach one of the 28 active warehouses. Unlike the towering, seven-story rickhouses typical of the industry, Four Roses utilizes single-story, sprawling structures. …
Listen in the app4The Maturation Climate
Stepping inside the warehouse, the atmosphere is cool, damp, and saturated with the 'angel's share'—the sweet, heady scent of evaporating ethanol. The barrels rest six-high. …
Listen in the app5The Barrel Dumping Station
Moving to the production facility, we witness the violent end of maturation: the barrel dumping station. Barrels selected by Master Distiller Brent Elliott are rolled over a massive trough, the bungs are removed, and the mature…
Listen in the app6The Bottling Line
The liquid then travels to the automated bottling line, a marvel of contemporary industrial efficiency. We observe the precise choreography of bottles being rinsed, filled, capped, and labeled at blinding speed. …
Listen in the app7The Tasting and Evaluation
Our analysis concludes in the educational tasting room. Here, visitors engage in comparative sensory evaluations of the blended products. …
Listen in the app8Closing
The Cox's Creek facility is an essential component in understanding the Four Roses methodology. By isolating their maturation in single-story environments, they exert unparalleled control over the aging process, ensuring their…
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What is Four Roses Bourbon - Warehouse and Bottling Facility?
Four Roses Bourbon - Warehouse and Bottling Facility is a place in Kentucky · United States with 8 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Kentucky · United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Food |
| Story sections | 8 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 37.9215, -85.5877 |
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