Four Roses Pot Still

The #1 pot still at the Four Roses Kentucky Bourbon distillery. Called a doubler, it's the second stage distilling vessel. Naturally, the interior building walls are painted rose red. The distillery was built on the east bank of the Salt River in 1910 in the Mission architectural style, and is a beautiful smallish complex. It was one of just six distilleries allowed to operate during Prohibition to produce bourbon "for medicinal purposes". It was also America's best-selling bourbon from after Prohibition until the 1950's. It lost that distinction due to new (as of 1943) owner Seagrams' marketing decision to discontinue their Kentucky Bourbon sales in the USA, so it eventually became Japan's best-selling bourbon, if that's any indication of the quality. Under new ownership since '02, it's being gradually reintroduced domestically. I recommend the 'single-barrel' variant. Nikon D200, Nikon 12-24DX @18mm, ISO 400, 1/45 sec. @f/4 (Av mode), standard processing and jpg conversion in Adobe Lightroom 2