re: How "bourbon" got it's name...Bourbon County or Bourbon Street in New Orleans?

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Interesting Louisiana fact, some barrels go to Tabasco for their hot sauce production.

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I can neither confirm nor deny this statement but I do know, after having been on more than a few tours of distilleries world-over that there quite a bit of used barrel trading which goes on worldwide. This is to use the subtle flavors which remain in certain barrels to influence a secondary spirits' development, such as used California wine barrels to European whisk(e)y producers, etc...