distillery
[dih-stil-uh-ree]
- a place or establishment where distilling, especially the distilling of liquors, is done.
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Origin of distillery
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Contemporary Examples
Every single bottle the distillery makes starts from the same spirit.
How Much Do Whisky Casks Really Affect Taste?December 10, 2014
Which is why in 1961, the distillery finally decided to purchase the estate and its adjoining home.
Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By WhiskeyDecember 10, 2014
And, perhaps most importantly, you will find a roving cast of characters—the employees of distillery.
Ester Elchies, The Estate Built By WhiskeyDecember 10, 2014
So how do you open a distillery one year and have 5- or 15-year-old whiskey to sell the next?
“All that they do is hire salespeople, make up a BS story, and boom, they look like a distillery,” Leopold says.
Historical Examples
That was one of the distillery people; he'd remember the name in a moment.
The Cosmic ComputerHenry Beam Piper
If it existed it must connect with cellars at the depot and the distillery.
The Pit Prop SyndicateFreeman Wills Crofts
Instead he focused his powerful glasses on the office of the distillery.
The Pit Prop SyndicateFreeman Wills Crofts
It is a counting-room, in Chase & Speakman's distillery; a very small room it is.
Tea LeavesVarious
Ah, sir, if my husband has gone there, it was your distillery that sent him.
Select Temperance TractsAmerican Tract Society
distillery
- a place where alcoholic drinks, etc, are made by distillation
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