Interview with The Barrel House Distillery of Lexington, KY By Richard Thomas Situated in the old barrel house of the James E. Pepper Distillery on Lexington, Kentucky’s Manchester Street, The Barrel House Distillery did more than just bring distilling back to a historic building. When Jeff Wiseman and Pete Wright started initial production in 2008, they also brought distilling back ...

Micro-distillery Brings Whiskey-Making to NYC By Kurt Maitland For centuries, when the world speaks of or thinks about New York City, they think of Manhattan first. It’s the home of the Empire State Building, Wall Street, and Broadway. Yet New York City is really five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island), and each waxes and wanes in popularity. ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Until their bourbon comes out, Lexington’s Barrel House Distillery has only one point of interest for whiskey drinkers: their Devil John Moonshine. Made in the literal barrel house of the old James E. Pepper Distillery, this ‘shine is named for “Devil” John Wright, a.k.a. “Bad” John Wright, one of late 19th Century Appalachia’s more colorful ...

Peerless Distilling, a whiskey distillery originally based in Henderson County, Kentucky and defunct for almost a century, is set for a rebirth in Louisville. Should all go according to plan, Corky Taylor and his son Carson, descendants of Peerless owner Henry Kraver, will open the doors on their new distillery in Spring 2014. The original Henderson County Peerless Distillery was ...

By Richard Thomas When I went to explore the ruins of the Old Pepper Distillery on Manchester Street in Lexington, Kentucky, I was both pleased and surprised to discover that someone had opened a micro-distillery in what had been Old Pepper’s barrel house, appropriately named The Barrel House. Located only a few minutes drive from the Town Branch Distillery and ...