If you know nothing else about bourbon, you probably know it's strongly associated with Kentucky and barrels. And while American corn whiskey doesn't have to be made in Kentucky, it must be stored ...

Did you know that there are more barrels of bourbon in the state of Kentucky than there are people? It's true — there are 4.5 ...

right down to hammering a bung into the oak barrel. The whiskey then ages in a charred oak barrel until it qualifies as bourbon. The requirement is at least two years. “I wanted to do more ...