The Historic James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington, Kentucky has announced that it will open to the public for tours starting on July 12th.  The opening is a culmination of the multi-year project to re-launch the iconic whiskey brand and rebuild the historic distillery after being abandoned in 1958 for over 50 years. Visitors to the historic property will learn ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating A- Jefferson’s Bourbon founder Trey Zoeller partnered with OCEARCH founder, Chris Fischer, in 2012 to experiment aging bourbon at sea.  OCEARCH is a globally recognized nonprofit devoted to the study and tracking of great white and tiger sharks. At the time, aging bourbon on an ocean-bound ship appeared preposterous; however, Jefferson’s Bourbon Zoeller, rolled the ...

Warehouse 30 at Barton 1792 Distillery has completely collapsed, no injuries are reported and no one was inside. This comes a little overa week after the first half of the same warehouse collapsed unexpectedly. As a result of the first collapse on June 22, the Barton 1792 Distillery team was prepared and had equipment on site to address any further problems ...

Rabbit Hole had only just opened their $15 million distillery in Louisville last month, but have now been compelled to cancel plans to build rickhouses in Smithfield, Kentucky. Some Smithfield residents complained, citing concerns of a type of black mold that is associated with alcohol distilling and aging. As the bourbon industry has expanded in Kentucky, residential complaints regarded this ...

The damage isn’t over at Barton 1792, following the partial collapse of a rickhouse that left half its contents—some 9,000 barrels—buried under debris or splayed out on the surrounding ground. Many of those barrels were ruptured to some degree and it was at least three hours before initial spill management measures were in place. Although it remains unknown how many ...