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Neat: The Story of Bourbon

NEAT dives into the rich and storied world of bourbon. Exploring its colorful history, charismatic characters, and uniquely American process, the film is a celebration of the artistry that makes America’s only native spirit.

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[man 1] The soil's made up
of silt, clay and loam. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[man 1] The soil's made up of silt, clay and loam.

And what you really want
is the combination of
all three of those components. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

And what you really want is the combination of all three of ...

It starts with the corn
growing in the soil - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

It starts with the corn growing in the soil

But also, the oak trees
that we have across the road
here to make barrels. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

But also, the oak trees that we have across the road here to...

Really everything
about bourbon - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Really everything about bourbon

[narrator] This is the story
of grains, water, and wood. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[narrator] This is the story of grains, water, and wood.

It's the story
of immigrants, and farmers, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

It's the story of immigrants, and farmers,

The story of cold winters
and hot summers. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

The story of cold winters and hot summers.

This is the story
of bourbon. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

This is the story of bourbon.

The first is, you never
bring out old-aged-bourbons - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

The first is, you never bring out old-aged-bourbons

[Marianne] It's all about
the earth and the soil
and the natural ingredients - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[Marianne] It's all about the earth and the soil and th...

[man 3]
America's only native spirit
is so big and so beautiful - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[man 3] America's only native spirit is so big and so b...

Every phase of
American history is reflected
through bourbon history. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Every phase of American history is reflected through bourbon...

[man 5]
It's not grabbing a bottle
of beer out of a cooler. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[man 5] It's not grabbing a bottle of beer out of a coo...

It's, let me pour you
a glass of this, let me
tell you where it came from. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

It's, let me pour you a glass of this, let me tell you ...

[man 6] I think people
have discovered that bourbon
is not just a shot and a beer. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[man 6] I think people have discovered that bourbon is not j...

'Cause to me it's not just
your granddad's drink,
or your dad's drink, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

'Cause to me it's not just your granddad's dr...

[man 7] If you like the idea
of going to the horse races - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[man 7] If you like the idea of going to the horse races

[man 8] It's almost
like a legacy that says, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[man 8] It's almost like a legacy that says,

[Zoeller] Whoever came over
on the Mayflower - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[Zoeller] Whoever came over on the Mayflower

And whoever came over
the Appalachian Mountains - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

And whoever came over the Appalachian Mountains

Whiskey was much, much more
than just a drink. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Whiskey was much, much more than just a drink.

If you stored corn,
it could rot, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

If you stored corn, it could rot,

You turn it into
a bottle of whiskey, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

You turn it into a bottle of whiskey,

They didn't have
the canning technology
that we have today. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

They didn't have the canning technology that we have to...

So one of the best ways
to preserve your corn - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

So one of the best ways to preserve your corn

In Scotland, in Ireland,
and in England, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

In Scotland, in Ireland, and in England,

But in the new world, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

But in the new world,

It was kind of
a rough cut, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

It was kind of a rough cut,

You get up in the morning,
you're still aching
from the day before, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

You get up in the morning, you're still aching from the...

Whiskey was used
as a medium of exchange. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Whiskey was used as a medium of exchange.

You would first
grow enough corn - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

You would first grow enough corn

And whatever you
had leftover, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

And whatever you had leftover,

So when the frontiersmen
came into the west... - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

So when the frontiersmen came into the west...

They were architects, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

They were architects,

It's not about the whiskey, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

It's not about the whiskey,

we-need-answer-a-very-simple-question - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

we-need-answer-a-very-simple-question

What does it take
for a spirit - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

What does it take for a spirit

Our Federal government
tells you how you
have to make bourbon. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Our Federal government tells you how you have to make bourbo...

[Potter]
I think the first thing
to understand is, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[Potter] I think the first thing to understand is,

Once you understand that
bourbon is a whiskey, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Once you understand that bourbon is a whiskey,

Bourbon is uniquely American, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Bourbon is uniquely American,

You distill 51% corn, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

You distill 51% corn,

A lot of folks
believe that - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

A lot of folks believe that

Bourbon, by active Congress, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Bourbon, by active Congress,

It must be aged in a brand new charred white oak barrel,

[Chris] The lead character
of a bourbon whiskey - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[Chris] The lead character of a bourbon whiskey

That gives bourbon that
big, rich,
caramel vanilla note. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

That gives bourbon that big, rich, caramel vanilla note.

Corn imparts
a very unique flavor
to bourbon. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Corn imparts a very unique flavor to bourbon.

So when you come
off the still, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

So when you come off the still,

The higher the proof,
the less flavor that's
gonna be there. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

The higher the proof, the less flavor that's gonna be t...

Think about it.
Vodka is 190 proof, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Think about it. Vodka is 190 proof,

So one of the rules is
you gotta be 160 or less
coming off the still. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

So one of the rules is you gotta be 160 or less coming off t...

So, everything is - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

So, everything is

No flavor, or no color,
or nothing should be added
to bourbon. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

No flavor, or no color, or nothing should be added to bourbo...

All that color must come from
aging in that new charred
oak barrel. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

All that color must come from aging in that new charred oak ...

You're only as good
as what comes off the still - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

You're only as good as what comes off the still

Who was the first person
who took that un-aged
white whiskey - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Who was the first person who took that un-aged white whiskey

In the 1800s, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

But in order to get rid
of that nasty fish smell, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

But in order to get rid of that nasty fish smell,

Who after his barn
burned down, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Who after his barn burned down,

Upon seeing the popularity
of cognac, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Upon seeing the popularity of cognac,

And we're actually headed
to the home farm, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

And we're actually headed to the home farm,

They're gonna be providing
all of the corn for
my bourbon. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

They're gonna be providing all of the corn for my bourb...

And she is the first
female master distiller - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

And she is the first female master distiller

This is also
the Marianne Barnes - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

This is also the Marianne Barnes

In 2015, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Setting up shop in the long
abandoned Old Taylor Distiller. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Setting up shop in the long abandoned Old Taylor Distiller.

Today, she's come to
the Kentucky-Tennessee border - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Today, she's come to the Kentucky-Tennessee border

[Marianne] Corn is
a historical ingredient
for bourbon. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[Marianne] Corn is a historical ingredient for bourbon.

When the settlers
first came out here, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

When the settlers first came out here,

When they hit this part
of the United States, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

When they hit this part of the United States,

The Spanish had introduced
the Indians to corn whiskey, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

The Spanish had introduced the Indians to corn whiskey,

And what they did is they
started mixing corn whiskey - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

And what they did is they started mixing corn whiskey

[Marianne] By law,
your bourbon has to be
at least 51% corn. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[Marianne] By law, your bourbon has to be at least 51% corn.

You're getting
a lot of your flavor
from your corn. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

You're getting a lot of your flavor from your corn.

Not only just because
it's that percentage, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Not only just because it's that percentage,

Corn actually
identifies bourbon, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Corn actually identifies bourbon,

If you taste any whiskeys
the world over, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

If you taste any whiskeys the world over,

And that is derived
from the corn
that is used to make it. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

And that is derived from the corn that is used to make it.

That corn is what's gonna
give it a lot of sweetness. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

That corn is what's gonna give it a lot of sweetness.

A lot of the mouth feel
is gonna come
from the corn. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

A lot of the mouth feel is gonna come from the corn.

And so you deliberately bring - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

And so you deliberately bring

And what that does is,
it can go through maturation, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

And what that does is, it can go through maturation,

And so
it's gonna come through - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

And so it's gonna come through

Corn really does last
over those years. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Corn really does last over those years.

You can still get it,
you know,
18 or 23 years later. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

You can still get it, you know, 18 or 23 years later.

[Marianne] And a single
bottle of bourbon,
depending on your recipe, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

[Marianne] And a single bottle of bourbon, depending on your...

It's really important to take
care of the soil and earth. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

It's really important to take care of the soil and eart...

Soil that's gonna feed
the plants that eventually
go into bourbon. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Soil that's gonna feed the plants that eventually go in...

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NEAT dives into the rich and storied world of bourbon. Exploring its colorful history, charismatic characters, and uniquely American process, the film is a celebration of the artistry that makes America’s only native spirit.

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Director: David Altrogge

Writer: David Altrogge, A.J. Hochhalter

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 20 Feb 2018

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