Three Boys Farm Distillery

Welcome, fellow scholars of spirits, to a profoundly different distillation experience. We have stepped off the well-trodden, highly commercialized paths of the corporate Bourbon Trail and arrived at the Three Boys Farm…

Approaching the exterior of the still house barn, our attention is drawn to the towering metal grain silos. This is where the alchemy of bourbon truly begins, not with copper or oak, but with agriculture. …

Stepping inside the barn, the ambient temperature rises noticeably, and the air becomes dense with humidity and the sweet, porridge-like aroma of cooking grain. Directly in front of us is the primary thermal vessel of the…

Moving just a few paces from the cooker, we encounter the biological heart of the distillery. Arranged before us are four massive, one thousand two hundred and fifty-gallon open-top fermenters. …

Now we approach the magnificent engine of purification, the hybrid copper pot still. This gleaming piece of apparatus is where the low-alcohol distillers beer is refined into high-proof, crystal-clear whiskey. …

Moving away from the heat of the still, we enter the quieter, cooler section of the barn dedicated to maturation. Arranged on the floor around us are the heavy, wooden vaults that will slowly transform the clear, sharp heart cut…

We have now reached the absolute pinnacle of the Three Boys Farm experience, the barn floor tasting. In most commercial distilleries, the tasting portion of the tour is conducted in a sterile, heavily branded room, with small,…

As our time within the warm, aromatic confines of the still house draws to a close, we are presented with a final, highly interactive opportunity. If a particular barrel profile resonated with your palate during the tasting, you…