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| The Barrel house holds more than 20,000 barrels of whiskey - each barrel holds about 50 gallons and weights more than 400 pounds. There are more than 70 barrel houses at the facility. |
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| (L to R) Dave Blaney,Sammy Gulley - a Jack Daniel's Distillery tour guide - and Richard Childress take a moment for a photo. |
Nestled in the tiny town of Lynchburg (POP. 361), Tenn., sits an American icon. Lynchburg is home to the world-renowned Jack Daniel's Distillery and is the primary sponsor of Richard Childress Racing’s (RCR) No. 07 Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by Dave Blaney.
On Jan. 24, Childress, Blaney and members of the RCR staff made the pilgrimage to Lynchburg to see how Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey is made and what makes it one of the most popular brands of whiskey in the world. The answer is simple, time. Much like RCR hand-crafts every one of its race cars in Welcome, NC, every drop of Jack Daniel’s is charcoal-mellowed, aged and bottled in Lynchburg in the same time-honored tradition as it was when Jack Daniel himself registered his distillery
with the U.S. Government in 1866.
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