Whiskey is just beer that went to therapy and got its life together.
The history of bourbon in Kentucky is told through a series of interviews with key individuals representing several distilleries, including master distillers, who have played important roles in the growth of the industry.
Production
Access to multi-generational distillery dynasties rarely filmed.
Direction
Hay lets the old-timers talk—you'll want to pull up a chair.
Director
Joanna Hay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kentucky produces 95% of the world's bourbon, with strict legal requirements: 51% corn, new charred oak barrels, and nothing added but water.
The 'master distiller' title was historically passed father-to-son; women and outsiders cracking that ceiling is a recent, controversial shift shown in later industry docs.
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