59 Years Later – Distillation Restarts at the Historic James E. Pepper Distillery
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59 Years Later – Distillation Restarts at the Historic James E. Pepper Distillery

ByVendome Copper

By Distillery Trail – December 26, 2017 The James Pepper Distilling Co., producer of the James E. Pepper “1776”® whiskey brand announced renovation plans at a groundbreaking ceremony in May of 2016. 18 months later, the distillery originally founded in 1879 but abandoned in 1958 has fermented, distilled and barreled its first batch of bourbon…

Rabbit Hole: A sneak peek at the NuLu distillery’s progress
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Rabbit Hole: A sneak peek at the NuLu distillery’s progress

ByVendome Copper

Click here to read insiderlouisville.com’s article to see the progress on Rabbit Hole Distillery opening the summer of 2018 in Louisville’s NuLu neighborhood (just up the street from Vendome).  This $15 million, 55,000-square-foot facility and distillery will be able to produce 1.2 million proof gallons per year.  Pictured here is their 24″ diameter by 45′ tall…

Pernod Ricard And Smooth Ambler Spirits Are Helping Put West Virginia On The Map
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Pernod Ricard And Smooth Ambler Spirits Are Helping Put West Virginia On The Map

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Pernod Ricard And Smooth Ambler Spirits Are Helping Put West Virginia On The Map Forbes Nov 15, 2017 Megy Karydes How does one go from selling brake pads in North Carolina to creating a bourbon company? If you’re John Little, CEO and Master Distiller of Smooth Ambler, you take what you learn from selling brake pads…

KO Distilling Completes $900,000 Distillery Expansion
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KO Distilling Completes $900,000 Distillery Expansion

ByVendome Copper

Provided by KO Distilling In a time-honored maritime tradition, the proud Co-Founders of KO Distilling in Manassas rang a merchant ship’s bell on Nov. 16 celebrating the completion of a $900,000 expansion, which has more than tripled their production capacity and will create more jobs. … Highlights of the distillery expansion include a new Vendome…

A Day on the Trail: Aerial Delivery of Wilderness Trail Distillery’s 36′ Copper Column Still
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A Day on the Trail: Aerial Delivery of Wilderness Trail Distillery’s 36′ Copper Column Still

ByVendome Copper

By Distillery Trail  Posted November 18, 2017 The new still uses a similar design to the existing 36 foot, 18″ diameter copper column still that’s been in use for the last year and a half except like a McDonald’s lunch, it’s super sized. The new 7,000 lb. Vendome copper column still measures 36′ tall with a 36″ diameter…

Take a Sneak Peek at Firestone & Robertson Distilling, Fort Worth’s New Whiskey Wonderland
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Take a Sneak Peek at Firestone & Robertson Distilling, Fort Worth’s New Whiskey Wonderland

ByVendome Copper

After months of careful preparation, Firestone & Robertson Distilling Company is just about ready to debut what will be the largest whiskey distillery west of the Mississippi River in Fort Worth. Located on the grounds of the former Glen Garden Country Club, the new whiskey wonderland in Fort Worth is an expansion of the original…

One-of-a-Kind Distillery Coming Soon to Fort Worth
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One-of-a-Kind Distillery Coming Soon to Fort Worth

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BY AMY WOLFF SORTER • OCT 5, 2017 – dallasinnovates.com Whiskey Ranch will be the largest distillery of its type west of the Mississippi. …One highlight of Whiskey Ranch will be a 45-foot custom-copper column still, allowing for a continuous distillation process, versus the batch process currently used at F&R’s Vickery site (pictured below). The batch process yields…