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>> 2021 WAS A BUSY YEAR FOR OUR

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MARY-RACHEL REDMAN.

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SHE WAS ON THE ROAD, WEEK IN AND

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WEEK OUT, COVERING THE PEOPLE,

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PLACES AND PERSONALITY OF THE

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CITIES, TOWNS AND REGIONS THAT

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MAKE UP OUR STATE.

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HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF HER

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UNUSUAL STOPS.

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>> I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A

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DIFFERENT COUNTRY.

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THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.

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>> I'M NOT SCARED OF BEES, THIS

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IS NOT SOMETHING I THOUGHT I

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WOULD EVER DO.

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>> LOOK AT THIS STUFF.

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>> IMPROMPTU FASHION SHOW,

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ANYONE?

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>>

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AND WE BEGIN WITH WHAT MAY BE

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ONE OF INDIANA'S BEST ARTISAN

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DISTILLERIES ... YOU'VE PROBABLY

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NEVER HEARD OF.

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MARY-RACHEL REDMAN IS HERE WITH

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MORE FROM OAKLEY BROTHERS

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DISTILLERY IN DOWNTOWN ANDERSON.

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>> THAT'S RIGHT, GERRY.

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BORN AND RAISED IN MADISONVILLE,

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KENTUCKY, YOU COULD SAY BOURBON

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WAS IN THEIR BLOOD FROM THE

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BEGINNING. AND NOW, IT'S THEIR

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BUSINESS.

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>> TWO BROTHERS, A BARREL, AND A

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DREAM.

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>> MY BROTHER AND I KIND OF WERE

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PLAYING AROUND WITH IT, DOING A

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LITTLE GARAGE EXPLORATION, THEN

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WE STARTED MAKING WHISKEY AND

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LEARNING TECHNIQUES OF BARREL

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AGING, WE WENT TO THE TRAIL, WE

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WERE TRYING THEIR SPIRITS, AND

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FOUND THAT OUR CONVERSATIONS

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KEPT LEADING IN TO, HEY, WE

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SHOULD OPEN UP SOMETHING.

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>> THAT SAME YEAR THE TWO OAKLEY

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BROTHERS FOUND THEMSELVES ON YET

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ANOTHER EXCURSION, THIS TIME ON

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MOTORCYCLES IN THE SMOKEY

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MOUNTAINS.

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>> YOURS TRULY HAD A FLAT TIRE

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RIGHT AT DUSK.

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AND WE WERE STUCK

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>> IN WAITING HOURS AND HOURS

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FOR A TOW TRUCK, THE PLAN WAS

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HATCHED.

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>> AND WE ACTUALLY TALKED IT

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OUT, AND RIGHT THERE, LET'S DO

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IT.

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>> AND THERE IT WAS.

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COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, JERRAD

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AND JASON WERE GOING INTO

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BUSINESS TOGETHER, MAKING SMALL

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BATCH BOOZE.

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>> BY 2011, IF WE WERE GOING TO

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DO IT, THIS IS OUR TIME.

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>> BEFORE LONG, THE DUO WAS

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DISTRIBUTING BOURBON PRODUCTS TO

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LIQUOR STORES, THEN OPPORTUNITY

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CAME KNOCKING IN DOWNTOWN

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ANDERSON.

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>> DIDN'T HAVE REALLY ANY

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DEDICATION TO ANDERSON OTHER

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THAN WE WERE INITIALLY IN

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EDGEWOOD.

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WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE

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OVER THIS BUILDING.

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IT IS A METROPOLITAN AREA, AND

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IT IS A GROWTH AREA THAT IS

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STARTING TO REVITALIZE

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>> OAKLEY BROTHERS DISTILLERY

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OFFICIALLY OPENED IN 2018.

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THE RENOVATED SPACE FEATURES A

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COCKTAIL BAR, LOUNGE AND EVER

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EXPANDING PRODUCTION OPERATIONS.

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THE MAN THAT MAKES THE MAGIC

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HAPPEN BACK HERE...

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>> THERE YOU HAVE IT.

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>> MASTER DISTILLER, ERIC

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HODSON.

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>> IT IS A 500 GONE TANK, WHEN

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DONE I MOVE TO THE MERRY

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MENTATION TANK.

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>> WE'LL TRANSFER TO THE STILL,

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WHEN IT GETS HEATED UP, STARTS

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THE PROCESS OF DISTILLING, THEN

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THIS IS THE CHILLER THAT COOLS

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IT BACK DOWN, TURNS IT BACK INTO

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LIQUID TO ALCOHOL, THEN IT COMES

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OUT HERE.

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THERE'S HEADS TO BEGINNING OF

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IT, WHICH IS POISON, BASICALLY,

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AND I START TASTING, AND

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SMELLING IT MORE THE HEARTS,

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WHICH IS WHAT I KEEP

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>> BY ALL ACCOUNTS, DELICIOUS,

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TOO.

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>> WE CONCENTRATE ON BOURBONS,

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WE ALSO DO A REALLY NICE AGAVE

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WHISKEY, WE DO LEMON CELLO.

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WE GET A LITTLE ON THE EDGE AND

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DO AND SENth.

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>> THE BIGGEST CLAIM TO FAME,

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THE VERY FIRST TO LEGALLY

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PRODUCE MOONSHINE IN THE STATE

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OF INDIANA.

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>> ONE OF OUR REALLY BIG SELLERS

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IS THE APPLE PIE MOONSHINE,

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WHICH IS A TRADITIONAL OLD

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SCHOOL RECIPE.

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AND THAT STUFF SELLS BY THE

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PALLET

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>> AS A WISE MEN SAID BEHIND THE

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SUCCESS OF A SMALL BUSINESS,

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THERE'S A FAMILY, IN THIS CASE,

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TWO BROTHERS REALIZING A DREAM

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AND MAKING IT HAPPEN.

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>> BEING THE OLDER BROTHER,

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SOMETIMES THE YOUNGER BROTHER

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CAN GET UNDER YOUR SKIN.

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BUT IT'S STILL GOOD TIMES, HE'S

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A WAY BETTER SALESMAN THAN I

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WOULD EVER BE.

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I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN

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OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

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BUT IT TAKES BOTH PARTS TO MAKE

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THE PACKAGE, I'M PROUD TO DO

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THIS

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>> GREAT BUNCH OF GUYS, AND I