barrels

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Kentucky is sitting on roughly 16.1 million barrels of bourbon—the equivalent of around 300 million cases—according to the Kentucky Distillers’ Association.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

In a recent investor call, the company said that it was still feeling the pain of Americans pinching pennies, along with plummeting prices for barrels it sells to other spirit makers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Under U.S. law, bourbon must be distilled from a mix of grains containing at least 51% corn, and aged in new, charred barrels of oak.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

If the globe is short 10 million or 12 million barrels a day of supply, how do you not see higher prices?

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

A massive engine explodes around the bend and barrels past, so huge and so close I’m hit by a wall of wind.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen