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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS
AROUND INDIANA•
>> IT MAY BE ONE OF INDIANA'S
BEST ARTISAN DISTILLERIES ...

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YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF.
BORN AND RAISED IN MADISONVILLE,
KENTUCKY, YOU COULD SAY BOURBON
WAS IN THEIR BLOOD FROM THE

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BEGINNING. AND NOW, IT'S THEIR
BUSINESS.
AROUND INDIANA REPORTER
MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE FROM

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OAKLEY BROTHERS DISTILLERY IN
DOWNTOWN ANDERSON.
>> Reporter: TWO BROTHERS, A
BARREL, AND A DREAM.

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>> MY BROTHER AND I STARTED
MESSING AROUND WITH IT IN THE
GARAGE.
>> WE WENT TO AN INCA TRAIL. WE

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FOUND OUR CONVERSATIONS KEPT
LEADING INTO WE SHOULD OPEN UP
SOMETHING.
>> THE SAME YEAR THE TWO OAKLEY

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BROTHERS FOUND THEMSELVES ON YET
ANOTHER EXCURSION. THIS TIME ON
MOTORCYCLES IN THE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS.

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>> YOURS TRULY HAD A FLAT TIRE
RIGHT AT DUSK. WE WERE STUCK.
>> WAITING HOURS FOR THE TOW
TRUCK, THE PLAN WAS HASHED.

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>> WE TALKED IT OUT RIGHT THERE
LET'S DO IT.
>> THERE IT WAS. COME HELL OR
HIGH WATER, THEY WERE GOING IN

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TO BUSINESS TOGETHER MAKING
SMALL-BATCH BOOZE.
>> BY 2011, WE THOUGHT WE WERE
GOING TO DO IT. IT WAS OUR TIME

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TO DO IT.
>> BEFORE LONG THEY WERE
DISTRIBUTING THEIR BOURBON
PRODUCTS. THEN THE OPPORTUNITY

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CAME KNOCKING IN DOWNTOWN
ANDERSON.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DEDICATION
TO ANDERSON, OTHER THAN WE WERE

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IN EDGEWOOD. WE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OVER THE
BUILDING. IT IS A METRO
METROPOLITAN AREA. IT IS A

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GROWTH AREA. IT IS STARTING TO
REVITALIZE.
>> Reporter: THE DISTILL
DISTILLERY OPENED IN 2018. THEY

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FEATURE THE COCKTAIL BAR,
LOUNGE, AND EVER-EXPANDING
PRODUCTION OPERATIONS. THE MAN
THAT MAKES THE MAGIC HAPPEN BACK

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HERE, MASTER DISTILLER AND FACE
OF MULLET HEAD BOURBON, ERIC
HODSON.
>> THIS IS A 500-GALLON TANK.

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WHEN THEY ARE DONE IN HERE,
WE'LL GO TO TERMINATION AND
STILL. WHEN IT GETS HEATED UP.
100 AND 195 IT WILL START

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THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DISTELL
-- DISTILLING. THIS IS THE
COOLER THAT COOLS IT BACK DOWN
AND TURNS IT INTO LIQUID

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ALCOHOL. THERE'S HEADS THE
BEGINNING OF IT. WHICH IS POSEN
BASICALLY. I START TESTING IT
AND SMELLING IT FOR THE HEART,

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WHICH I KEEP.
>> Reporter: AND BY ALL
ACCOUNTS, DELICIOUS.
>> WE CONCENTRATE ON BOURBON.

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WE'VE DONE AN AGAVE. WE HAVE
BEEN KNOWN TO DO ABSENTHE.
>> THEY ARE THE FIRST ONE TO
MAKE MOON SHINE IN INDIANA.

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>> ONE OF THE BEST SELLERS IS.
APPLE PIE. THAT STUFF SELLS BY
THE PALETTE.
>> Reporter: AS A WISEMAN ONCE

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SAID, BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS, THERE'S A FAMILY. IN
THIS CASE, TWO BROTHERS.
>> IT IS A GOOD TIME AND WAY

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BETTER SALE SALESMAN THAN I
WOULD EVER BE. I'M MORE OF THE
OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE.