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[Steve] While bourbon is aging in a barrel
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Neat: The Story of Bourbon

While bourbonis aging in a barrel, moving in and out ofthe stave during the different...

[Steve] While bourbon
is aging in a barrel, moving in and out of
the stave during the different seasons, distillers lose three percent of their whiskey to
evaporation each year

Full Transcript

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[Steve] While bourbon is aging in a barrel,
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moving in and out of the stave
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during the different seasons,
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distillers lose three percent
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of their whiskey to evaporation each year.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:03
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

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.
This loss of volume - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:04
This loss of volume
After 10 years in the barrel, - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:06
After 10 years in the barrel,
[Marianne] In the mid-1980s, bourbon was at its lowest. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:04
[Marianne] In the mid-1980s, bourbon was at its lowest.
There was a group of guys in the bourbon industry - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:08
There was a group of guys in the bourbon industry
Elmer T. Lee was the Master Distiller of H&H. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:05
Elmer T. Lee was the Master Distiller of H&H.
He and Colonel Blanton met on the riverbank behind the distillery as kids. - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:05
He and Colonel Blanton met on the riverbank behind the disti...
Colonel Blanton started to work at this distillery - Neat: The Story of Bourbon 00:05
Colonel Blanton started to work at this distillery
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,