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Colonel Blanton started to work at this distillery
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Neat: The Story of Bourbon

Colonel Blanton started towork at this distillery at the age of 16

Colonel Blanton started to
work at this distillery at the age of 16

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Colonel Blanton started to work at this distillery
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at the age of 16.
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5 seconds
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01:02:10
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Jun 28, 2025
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documentary
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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.
And by the time he was 35, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:04
And by the time he was 35,
During that period of time, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:04
During that period of time,
And when Colonel Blanton started to run the distillery, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:07
And when Colonel Blanton started to run the distillery,
Because of his working in these old warehouses - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:14
Because of his working in these old warehouses
Colonel Blanton would use those barrels of bourbon - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:09
Colonel Blanton would use those barrels of bourbon
So Grandad was here for like 52 years with Colonel Blanton. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:05
So Grandad was here for like 52 years with Colonel Blanton.
My dad and Elmer were in the military at the same time. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:04
My dad and Elmer were in the military at the same time.
And Elmer was looking for something to jumpstart the industry. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:04
And Elmer was looking for something to jumpstart the industr...
Dad had learned from my grandfather - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:06
Dad had learned from my grandfather
And Elmer had Dad go in and pull some of those barrels. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:04
And Elmer had Dad go in and pull some of those barrels.
That became the taste profile of Blanton's as we know it today. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:04
That became the taste profile of Blanton's as we know i...
So you were seeing 100-200 barrels - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:06
So you were seeing 100-200 barrels
Elmer T. Lee had this idea of taking a single barrel, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:11
Elmer T. Lee had this idea of taking a single barrel,
In 1984, he comes out with a product - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:07
In 1984, he comes out with a product
And that's really the shot that's heard around the world. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:04
And that's really the shot that's heard around the...
[Michael] Jim Bean decided, you know, "We need to do something." - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:07
[Michael] Jim Bean decided, you know, "We need to do so...
If you're doing a true single barrel, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:08
If you're doing a true single barrel,
The way you get consistency is by mixing the barrels. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:04
The way you get consistency is by mixing the barrels.
So he came up with this idea - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:05
So he came up with this idea
[Zoeller] If you make it an exclusive product, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:13
[Zoeller] If you make it an exclusive product,