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The Cask LV hosts a Gordon & MacPhail Discovery tasting on September 16, with guided pours, distillery context, and a $45 ticket.

Troy and Michelle Kooper built Koopers Whiskey around blending, maturation and barrel finishing. Inside the Ledbetter, Texas whiskey house shaping bourbon and rye beyond the still.
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