I have been sorting papers from the year 1872 dealing with the OFC distillery in Frankfort (Now known as the Buffalo Trace Distillery) in the Taylor-Hay Family papers. This is mostly receipts and such but there are some interesting items. There are shipping receipts for 8 hoop barrels, corn, both shelled and on the cob, rye and malt. There are many receipts for cords of wood (it was the Old Fire Copper distillery). They were also purchasing their yeast from a local brewery. I have also found many receipts for Taylor's pants. I have to wonder if he had the same problem as Linn with keeping his pants on when tasting good bourbon.
Mike Veach