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coo·per·age | \ ˈkü-p(ə-)rij 
, ˈku̇- \
, ˈku̇- \Definition of cooperage
1 : a cooper's work or products
2 : a cooper's place of business
Examples of cooperage in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Established in 1945, the Brown-Forman cooperage employs roughly 200 people.
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Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, "Brown-Forman Louisville cooperage shut down after 2 employees contract coronavirus," 1 Apr. 2020 Slane gets barrels from a Kentucky cooperage owned by Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman.
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John Kell, Fortune, "Whiskey makers are bending the rules for barrel-aging, signaling a new wave for bourbon," 29 Mar. 2020 Founded in 1945, the cooperage produces about 600,000 barrels a year.
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Scott Utterback, courier-journal.com, "Louisville, from dusk to dawn: What we captured while the city was seemingly asleep," 11 Feb. 2020 According to a new release, the cooperage now produces 1,200 white oak barrels a day which are used to age Jack Daniel’s whiskey.
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al, "Jack Daniel’s will release a limited-edition whiskey in celebration of Alabama’s bicentennial," 21 Aug. 2019 Thanks to its barrel cooperage in the U.S. and existing distilleries, Brown-Forman had access to a lot of barrels.
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Emily Price, Fortune, "This New Irish Whiskey Has Deep Roots in Rock ‘n’ Roll," 24 Aug. 2019 That amount matches the 14 barrels the distillery's mini cooperage can construct daily.
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Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, "Old Forester puts its rich history on display at its now-open distillery," 14 June 2018 From fermentation and cooperage all the way through to maturation and bottling, the entire scope of whiskey production is on display.
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Jake Emen, USA TODAY, "First look: Old Forester Distillery in Louisville," 13 June 2018 During the early 1880s, the building was converted to a cooperage by Charles E. Mann.
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Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, "Geneva eyes landmark status for 1840s-era limestone Mill Race Inn building," 22 Feb. 2018
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