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Kentucky's signature distilled spirit--bourbon--is surging in popularity in the U.S. and abroad.
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Lead: Kentucky’s signature distilled spirit—bourbon--is riding high. Bourbon makers are turning out and selling their product in unprecedented numbers.
And tens of thousands of people turned out this month in Bardstown, Kentucky for the six-day 20th annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival.
Rick Howlett has more on bourbon’s surging popularity.
CHRIS MORRIS
Just take a little sip, hold it on the palette for a count of one-thousand, two-thousand and slowly swallow.
RICK HOWLETT
One of the festival’s opening events is a tasting. A sell-out crowd turned out to sip bourbon, one of which was Woodford Reserve, where Chris Morris is the master distiller.
CHRIS MORRIS
So you’re looking for barrel character, fruit, spice, grain character.
RICK HOWLETT
These are heady times for Kentucky bourbon, a drink that’s more than 200 years old and made under strict content regulat...
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INTRO:Lead: Kentucky’s signature distilled spirit—bourbon--is riding high. Bourbon makers are turning out and selling their product in unprecedented numbers.
And tens of thousands of people turned out this month in Bardstown, Kentucky for the six-day 20th annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival.
Rick Howlett has more on bourbon’s surging popularity.
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