They're looking for the rare and hard-to-get, the limited releases, the birthday bourbons and single-barrel bourbons.

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All this from a single 108, 000-barrel-a-day teakettle in Coffeyville, Kans. (pop. 11, 000) and a fertilizer plant nearby.

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Single barrel is a bit of a misnomer because it is a two-stage aging process.

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