World Championship Bar-B-Que

I got a chance to tour the Jack Daniels distillery this past Saturday during the 18th Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue in Lynchburg. Most of the competitors were packing up by the time we completed the tour, but here are a few pics that were taken.

This is some of the "mash" at the top of one of the fermenters. No need for Nasonex after getting a whiff of that.

This is the kids and Julie looking down a 10' barrel full of charcoal during the "mellowing" process where the bourbon (at that time) is transformed into whiskey. A drop takes 4 to 6 days to go from the top to the bottom.

After the tour we got a chance to walk thru the bar-b-que competition area where some of the participants had some interesting names for their business.