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Rare whiskey raffled: Bourbon in high demand

By Tim Omarzu December 2, 2016 5 min read

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Director, Luke Kramer discusses a scene with his team, TIX3, before filming

Director, Luke Kramer checks the shot in the moniter with cinematographer, Dean Clift.

Louis Whitfield and Shea Stewart listen to the director.

Zoie Clift keeps notes on the lengths and order of the scenes shot in order to make editing easier.

As seen in the moniter, Corey Hendricks looks at the camera waiting for his scene to begin.

Dean Clift puts on his headphones before filming a scene with Mindy Hawes.

Dean Clift uses the screen on his camera to get the right shot of Mindy Hawes.

Director, Like Kramer looks in the moniter to make sure the shot is set up perfectly.

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Luke Kramer directs Louis Whitfield before filming the rodeo clown's arrival scene.

Louis Whitfield walks toward the camera while filming his opening scene.

Director, Luke Kramer, demonstrates how he would like the upcoming scene to play out.

Teams compete in the 48 hour film festival to put together a 4-7 minute long film within 48 hours that is of a given genre containing a particular character, line and more.

Toni Zablocki, the spirits manager for IMBIBE Chattanooga, speaks about a raffle that the store is having during MainX24 giving people the opportunity to purchase one of three bottles of Old Rip Van Winkle 10-year bourbon and a single bottle of Thomas H. Handy sazerac rye whiskey.

Old Rip Van Winkle 10-year bourbon and a single bottle of Thomas H. Handy sazerac rye whiskey.

Imbibe bourbon raffle

Imbibe bourbon raffle› Each person who enters may only win a chance at one whiskey.› Submissions must be submitted in person and only from 10 a.m. -2 p.m.› Winners will be announced between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday.

Fast facts

› Bourbon is America’s only native spirit, as declared by Congress in 1964. It must be made with a minimum of 51 percent corn, aged in charred new oak barrels, stored at no more than 125 proof and bottled no less than 80 proof.› Kentucky is the birthplace of bourbon, crafting about 95 percent of the world’s supply.› Bourbon production has increased more than 170 percent since 1999 (485,020 barrels in 1999 compared to 1,306,375 barrels in 2014), with premium small batch and single barrel brands driving the bourbon renaissance.› U.S. distilled spirits exports topped $1.5 billion in 2013. Kentucky bourbon and Tennessee whiskey made up more than $1 billion of that amount, making it the largest export category among all U.S. distilled spirits. Source: The Kentucky Distillers’ Association

Bourbon lovers can enter a drawing Saturday for a chance to buy – not win – one of four rare bottles of Kentucky bourbon at Imbibe, a 1-year-old liquor store in Chattanooga’s hip Southside neighborhood.

It may sound pricey to charge $100 per bottle for the three bottles of 10-year-old Old Rip Van Winkle and $175 for the sole fifth of Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye – both of which are released once a year in small quantities as part of the “antique collection” of Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Ky.