Bourbon Barges: How a Kentucky distiller ages whiskey on the country's only floating barrelhouses

Bourbon Barges: How a Kentucky distiller ages whiskey on the country's only floating barrelhouses

The Ingram Distillery is aging around 6,000 barrels of whiskey and bourbon onboard two barges that are moored on the shores of the Mississippi River in Hickman County, Kentucky.(Hannah Saad / WKMS)When you think of the Mississippi River's smell, notes like caramel, vanilla and fruit aren't typically the first ones that come to mind. But standing on the river's shores in Hickman County at the far western edge of Kentucky, those sweet scents emit …