rickhouse
From The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails
, a term frequently used to refer to a warehouse for aging bourbon and other American whisky, is derived from “rick,” the name for the wooden structure that supports the barrels of aging spirits. See barrel; maturation; and whisky, bourbon.See barrel; maturation;, whisky, bourbon.
This definition is from The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails, edited by David Wondrich (Editor-in-Chief) and Noah Rothbaum (Associate Editor).