The award-winning Isle of Arran Distillery visitor centre at Lochranza welcomed a record number of visitors last year. Almost 110,000 people made the journey to find ‘the Arran Waters’ in 2017 – a 6% increase on 2016 – meaning visitor numbers have more than doubled since 2012. With the Scotch Whisky Association’s most recent report… Continue reading Isle of Arran Reopens For Visitors After Landmark 2017
Category: Tourism
Evan Williams Experiences Filled Its 1,000th Barrel
The Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, the first “tourist distillery” to open as part of Whiskey Row’s renaissance in downtown Louisville, filled its 1,000th barrel on February 1, 2018. The distillery reached this milestone after producing one barrel per day since production began in September 2013, a small output compared to the 1,300 barrels produced per… Continue reading Evan Williams Experiences Filled Its 1,000th Barrel
Buffalo Trace Enjoyed Another Record-Setting Tourist Year
Bourbon sales continue to grow, and bourbon tourism is growing at an equally rapid pace, at least for Buffalo Trace Distillery. In 2017, this National Historic Landmark Distillery set a new record for visitation, ending the year with 201,491 guests. This is an increase of 18% in visitation over last calendar year, and a total… Continue reading Buffalo Trace Enjoyed Another Record-Setting Tourist Year
Kentucky Loosens Vintage Spirits Trade
By Richard Thomas Plenty is wrong with the secondary market. Provenance is unheard of, so fakes are rampant, and despite this prices are often inflated. Yet above those problems is the plain fact that selling liquor without a license is illegal. Since you can’t reform a black market, so long as that was the case… Continue reading Kentucky Loosens Vintage Spirits Trade
Spending The Holidays At A Distillery
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By Richard Thomas A distillery is in essence a booze-making factory, and like blue-collar industrial enterprises everywhere, they often close on the Holidays if not for the duration of the Holidays. Yet as tourism has become a larger part of the business of many distilleries, this isn’t quite as true as it used to be.… Continue reading Spending The Holidays At A Distillery