Alcademics

I previously visited the Jim Beam distillery in Kentucky and got a great in-depth tour of the facilities (read about it here), but until recently regular tourists have only had a pretty mediocre visitor's experience. They didn't get to see the actual distillery as it's a very industrial workplace. 

Now they're greatly expanding the visitors' center, with a set of new outdoor displays as to the history and process of making Jim Beam, plus a big new building. Tourists will also take a shuttle and get to go to the bottling line - which I saw and wrote about before and it's pretty amazing, even if you've seen 30 other bottling lines. 

Below are some pictures of the new exhibits.  

The old Jim Beam visitors' center that will become the tasting room

A display of vintage distilling on the new walking path

Future cooperage exhibit at new Jim Beam visitors' center

New Jim Beam visitors' center

Picture of new Jim Beam visitors' center