Record metric, reference date, facility boundary and planned versus operating assets for every capacity comparison. Equipment area is a proxy, not measured output.
The entire written source was reviewed. Comments, when present, are distinguished from the authored article.
Ranks JackDaniel’s,HeavenHill,BookerNoe,BuffaloTrace firstfour; treats Beam sites separately despite sharedDSP. MGP48inch is an estimate. Includes unopened facilities. Shane Baker’s comment emphasizes fermenters as a constraint; author concedes pot-still comparison absent.
UPDATE: 2026
Method and planned2018 scope
Method and planned2018 scope; Ranked list1–18; Comments: Shane Baker and Woodford exchange; UPDATE: 2026
Source-faithful paraphrase only; not independent corroboration. Not current capacity or annualoutput. Operating hours, fermentation, plant bottlenecks and pot stills unmodeled. All21displayed comments read as dated discussion, not verified testimony.2026update link and2024newsletter not included in this reading.
No access / Whiskey Excerpts Database (USWA)
Source-faithful paraphrase. Verified does not mean independently corroborated.
Evidence
Ranks JackDaniel’s,HeavenHill,BookerNoe,BuffaloTrace firstfour; treats Beam sites separately despite sharedDSP. MGP48inch is an estimate. Includes unopened facilities. Shane Baker’s comment emphasizes fermenters as a constraint; author concedes pot-still comparison absent.
Location and context
No access. Method and planned2018 scope; Ranked list1–18; Comments: Shane Baker and Woodford exchange; UPDATE: 2026.
Full written article reviewed through its ending.
Annotation
Record metric, reference date, facility boundary and planned versus operating assets for every capacity comparison. Equipment area is a proxy, not measured output.
Not current capacity or annualoutput. Operating hours, fermentation, plant bottlenecks and pot stills unmodeled. All21displayed comments read as dated discussion, not verified testimony.2026update link and2024newsletter not included in this reading.