The Whiskey House Joins Kentucky Distillers Association
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) today announced Elizabethtown’s Whiskey House of Kentucky (Whiskey House) as the newest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry.
Founded in 2021 by industry veterans David Mandell (co-founder and former CEO of Bardstown Bourbon Company [BBCo]), John Hargrove (former Master Distiller at Barton 1792 and former COO of BBCo) and Daniel Linde (former CFO, BBCo and Northeast Drinks Group), Whiskey House is a fully-automated distillery designed from the ground up to produce high-quality, custom whiskey for its exclusive contract customers.
Since beginning operations on July 1, 2024, Whiskey House has produced more than 50,000 barrels, 20 different mashbills and more than 50 unique recipes at their 176-acre campus in the T.J. Patterson Elizabethtown – Hardin County Industrial Park.
“We could not be more excited to join the KDA and help further the Association’s important mission to promote America’s native spirit and advance our industry and the critical role it plays in our nation’s economy,” said co-founder and CEO David Mandell.
“We are pushing the bounds of innovation with the newest and most advanced distillery in the nation,” continued Mandell. “Because we’re closed to the public, will never have our own brands, and do not compete with our customers in the marketplace, we’re able to focus our complete attention on our customers.”
Whiskey House is a part of the growing Bourbon economic impact in the Commonwealth. Hardin and its surrounding counties have 27 distilleries responsible for 7,000 jobs and a $664 million payroll. Bourbon brings to the area an annual economic impact of $3.3 billion and nearly $77 million in local and state tax revenue.
