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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
By Distillery Trail Posted October 24, 2017 Click here to visit the Distillery Trail Blog for a nice article on the celebration of George Washington’s Distillery’s Anniversaries Plenty of photos also!
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…
Distillery Trail – Posted September 30, 2017 Visit Distillery Trail for A Day on the Trail: A Behind the Scenes Tour of Lux Row Distillers Construction Site [Photos] Once completed, the new distillery will be able to produce 1 million proof gallons per year. That number can grow with the addition of fermentation tanks and extra shifts….
By Distillery Trail Posted September 19, 2017 …The white whiskey was distilled in “The Bear,” a 500 gallon Vendome Copper & Brass Works copper pot still they affectionately call “The Bear.” The still is named after legendary Petersburg distiller William Snyder’s pet bear. Yes, he had a pet bear, didn’t everyone in the 1800s?… Visit Distillery Trail Blog to…
The Chuck Cowdery Blog posted a nice article based on the capacities of the largest distilleries. September 19, 2017 (click here) You may be surprised who is listed in the top 17. It takes into account any current expansions.
Video of the distillery at the Cavalier’s new equipment being installed.