rickhouse
A rickhouse — also spelled 'rackhouse' — is the distinctive multi-story warehouse where bourbon and other American whiskeys age in charred oak barrels.
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A rickhouse — also spelled 'rackhouse' — is the distinctive multi-story warehouse where bourbon and other American whiskeys age in charred oak barrels. These tall, ventilated buildings are a staple of Kentucky's distillery landscape, and the temperature swings between floors actually affect how the whiskey develops, giving barrels on different levels distinct flavour profiles. Whiskey nerds love debating which rickhouse floor produces the best pour. It's a word that signals serious bourbon country.
The distillery tour ended at the rickhouse, where thousands of barrels were quietly turning into something special.
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(US) A warehouse for the aging of whiskey.
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