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Lucky Seven's New Yorker Inside the Blending House with Master Blender Ashleigh Barnes
We visit the Blending House in Kentucky and sit down with Ashleigh Barnes, the master blender behind Lucky Seven and Curley. Ashleigh brings us the New Yorker, an Amburana finished bourbon that tastes like hummingbird cake, oatmeal cream pies and dessert in a glass. She explains how she manages such a powerful finishing wood by tasting at day five, pulling liquid at the exact moment it peaks, and reusing the same barrels to create deeper and more controlled layers.
Ashleigh also walks us through the new blending and bottling facility, the innovative rick houses and the approach to scaling…
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