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Bottling and labeling is a very manual process.  Some export whiskey is shipped in bulk and bottle there.  Contract whiskey is also shipped out in bulk.
More of the bottling line.
Whiskey is trucked in from the Four Roses distillery in Lawrenceburg KY.  Here it is unloaded, mixed in the desired recipes, and barreled.
Four Roses keeps a herd of cattle to maintain the grass.  They also sell some of the calves.
The cattle typically use the woods for shelter against the weather, but sometimes a trailer can be pretty appealing.
Four Roses Cox's Creek Offices and Gift Shop.  Master Distiller Jim Rutledge is on the right.  

Four Rose distills at their Lawrenceburg facility and then trucks the fresh spirit here to Cox's Creek (about an hour away) where it is barreled and aged.
Guess who's car this is?
A pond on the property.
Four Roses has 20 single story barrel warehouses, each with a footprint of one acre.  

These warehouses are unique in the bourbon industry. Traditional warehouses can be 7 stories high and the interior temperatures vary greatly from the bottom to the top floor.  

Four Roses uses single story warehouses to help keep their product more consistent.
More of the bottling line.
More of the bottling line.
More of the bottling line.
See photo in original gallery.