One of my buddies just called off tonight, he and nine co-workers are being sent to Frankfort to do some emergency cleanup and reinforcement. Buffalo Trace Distillery mudslide: No injuries reported in Frankfort Buffalo Trace Distillery mudslide damages some property; see video
Distillery Tasting Notes A bourbon with “hints of toffee, leather, figs.” My Thoughts John J. Bowman (“JJB”) is a single barrel bourbon from the A. Smith Bowman Distillery in Fredericksburg, Virginia and their most premium regular release. This whiskey is a bit of a hidden gem, at least here in Virginia where it can be more easily found.
The distillery was closed in 1992, then purchased by Charles Medley in 1995 along with existing whiskey stocks (he changed the name to Charles Medley Distillery). In 2007 Charles sold the distillery to Angostura. Their plans to reopen the distillery ended in 2009 when their parent company, CL Financial had a liquidity crisis.
We left the Four Roses distillery and circled back west to attend our 2:00 tour at Maker's Mark. I can't remember what road we got off the Parkway but the last seven miles to Maker's Mark was on the tightest and steepest roads I've ever been on. We took our time and really enjoyed the drive. Boy, there is some really pretty country around there.
Does anyone know the history of the distillery at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, that is now owned by Angostura? I know they bought it from Pernod, which acquired it in the Seagrams break-up. I know it makes both GNS and whiskey, and has aging warehouses. I know its grain is supplied by a nearby silo whi...
The Olde Boone distillery shut down around 1971 after an explosion and fire caused by a ruptured gas line. I read this in an article somewhere but can't remember exactly where. Whiskyportal.com lists the current owners as Fortune Brands and says that Jim Beam uses the warehouses at the site. I also remember reading about another fire that occurred at Old boone sometime in the 1960's that ...
Boone Bros. distillery is situated on the Bardstown and Loretto turnpike. The scenery along the road leading to the distillery is beautiful and the broad and expansive fields as you draw near their plant is peerfectly grand, especially to the eye of an artist. The warehouse is situated upon an elevation and the distillery near the head of a ravine.
The whiskey tax revenue from Peoria's share of taxes paid to the federal government was larger than any other district in the entire United States. In 1933 Hiram Walker's & Sons purchased Greenhut's Great Western Distillery. Hiram Walker's continued in the Great Western's footsteps by remaining the largest distillery in the world."
But can a distillery have any influence over a price gouging retailer when it can only sell its product to a middleman distributor who doesn't give a darn? I understand why things are as they are with the allocated stuff. But why is BT unique with respect to the unavailability of its mainstream producr?
