A Day on the Trail at Evan Williams Bourbon Experience with Charlie Downs [Video]
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A Day on the Trail at Evan Williams Bourbon Experience with Charlie Downs [Video]

March 30, 2017 – Distillery Trail Blog I had the opportunity to visit the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience on historic Whiskey Row in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. During the visit I had the pleasure of learning about the distillery from Heaven Hill’s Master Distiller Charlie Downs. Charlie started his distilling career 40 years ago in 1976…

Made by Ghosts: Bagpipes, A Dead Distillery & 1,000 Barrels of Seagram’s Bourbon
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Made by Ghosts: Bagpipes, A Dead Distillery & 1,000 Barrels of Seagram’s Bourbon

March 14, 2017 Distillery Trail Blog Post … We’ve been blessed with a lot of great things falling into place and good Karma. The journey of the buildout began with a visit to Vendome Copper and  Brass Works in Louisville, where we met Rob Sherman. Rob and team eventually built our 500 gallon copper pot

Kentucky Distillers Makes Stave & Thief Society their Official Bourbon Certification Program
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Kentucky Distillers Makes Stave & Thief Society their Official Bourbon Certification Program

March 17, 2017 Distillery Trail Blog Post The Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) has announced that the Stave & Thief Society Bourbon Certification Program is now the official Bourbon education course of the organization and its members. The program was created in 2015 by the Distilled Spirits Epicenter, the KDA’s official educational member, with input from…

James E. Pepper Distillery Welcomes Aaron Schorsch as Master Distiller
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James E. Pepper Distillery Welcomes Aaron Schorsch as Master Distiller

BevNet Lexington, KY (March 16, 2017) The James Pepper Distilling Co., producer of the award winning James E. Pepper ‘1776’ whiskey brand, is pleased to announce that Aaron Schorsch has joined the team in the role of Master Distiller at the historic James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington, KY. … The project to renovate and rebuild…

Bulleit Distilling Co. Cuts Ribbon on New $115 Million Distillery By Distillery Trail
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Bulleit Distilling Co. Cuts Ribbon on New $115 Million Distillery By Distillery Trail

Posted March 14, 2017 Distillery Trail Blog 30 years ago today in 1987, Tom Bulleit, a lawyer gave up his day job and decided to go into the family business, the bourbon business. Bulleit’s family is no stranger to bourbon. It all started way back in the 1830s when Augustus Bulleit started making bourbon. As…

Ghost Coast Distillery: Embracing Savannah and the spirit of revelry
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Ghost Coast Distillery: Embracing Savannah and the spirit of revelry

Celebrating the first licensed distillery in Savannah since Prohibition By Maria Whiteway …Ghost Coast Distillery has been up and running for just over two months, producing craft vodka and bourbon in the heart of downtown Savannah. They just opened to the public for tours in mid-February. Paying homage to Savannah’s haunted history and sandy coastlines,…

Bardstown Bourbon Co. Announces Expansion to 3 Million Gallons
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Bardstown Bourbon Co. Announces Expansion to 3 Million Gallons

Bardstown Bourbon Co. Announces Expansion to 3 Million Gallons & Western Spirits Beverage Co. Partnership By Distillery Trail January 30, 2017 We were at the Bardstown Bourbon Company the first week that bourbon starting flowing off the still September 2016. At the time, they let us know that they had already sold out all of their…