Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: distillery

The copper kettle in the foreground is, of course, for brewing, although I don't know which step in the brewing process it's used for. The barrel is for aging only, as Becherovka isn't naturally fermented, as far as I know. Both of these are in the Becherovka museum that's part of the original distillery in Karlovy Vary.

This is the famous Becherovka distillery where until recently Becherovka, the famous Karlovy Vary herbal liquor, was made. It's now a museum of sorts, although when I asked them if they intended to open the old production line to the public they just said "no." This response seemed really arrogant at the time, but on the other hand the process is supposed to be a trade secret, so maybe it made perfect sense. They do have some cooking vessels for people to see, though. I don't know if they were used for fermentation, though, since the process (to the extent that they let people know about it) involves the addition of pre-prepared grain alcohol (unless I misunderstood their explanation), rather than using the brewing process to ferment the ingredients, which sort of makes the term "distillery" misleading. Incidentally, this is also not the original building, as although this location is authentic, this building was constructed later, albeit still in the 19th Century.