The root beer sold at Buffalo Trace Distillery is getting a new name. The Distillery is re-branding its Dr. McGillicuddy’s Root Beer in honor of its famed tour guide Freddie Johnson. Freddie’s Old Fashioned Root Beer will be the exact same root beer it has always been and the price will remain unchanged. What is new is the name and ...

By Richard Thomas Louisville has long contested Bardstown’s claim as “The Bourbon Capital of the World,” but it hasn’t always had much of a case to press in that department. There was a stretch of a few years back in the 1990s where just one big distiller was operating in the Louisville suburb of Shively, and neither of those distilleries ...

By Elizabeth Emmons, Kurt Maitland and Richard Thomas The first day of February saw Michter’s open their second distillery in Louisville, this one a tourist destination and working micro-distillery located on the west end of the city’s famed Whiskey Row. The company has entered well-trod territory, with Evan Williams, Jim Beam and Old Forester preceding them in that particular niche, ...

After years of restoration work, Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery will have an opening celebration on Thursday, January 31st, 2019. Public tours are scheduled to begin on February 2nd and can be booked at the Michter’s website. Directly across the street from the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and adjacent to the Kentucky Science Center, Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery is the ...

Buffalo Trace Distillery continues to see exceptional tourism growth, setting new records for visitation year over year. The Distillery ended 2018 having welcomed a record-breaking 231,523 visitors during the calendar year. This is a 15 percent increase in visitation over the previous year, and a 345 percent increase since 2010. This rapid increase in tourism is on trend with growing ...