American Whiskey Distilleries
During the 1700’s a great number of immigrants from Scotland and Ireland came to the United States seeking a better life for themselves and their families.
Determined to make a new life, settlers first arrived in Kentucky around 1767. Travelling from Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas, these early settlers were lured to Kentucky by stories of rich soil and abundant game.
They brought with them a long heritage of distilling, these settlers carried on their tradition of making whiskey in their new home
By the end of the American War of Independence (1784), the first commercial distilleries had been established in what was then the western Virginia county of Kentucky
USA Whiskey
By Type and Brand
Kentucky Bourbon
Kentucky Whiskey Distilleries
Barton Distillery Region: Bardstown: Nelson County
Founded 1870s
Owner Constellation Brands Inc
Distillation Column Stills.
Bernheim Distillery Region: Loisville
Founded 1992
Owner Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc
Distillation Column Stills
Brown Foreman Distillery Region: Loisville
Founded 1891
Owner Brown Foreman
Distillation Column Stills.
Buffalo Trace Region: Frankfort
Founded: 1787
Owner Sazerac Co
Distillation Column Stills
Four Roses Distillery Region: Lawrenceburg
Founded 1860s
Owner: Kirin Brewery & Co
Distillation: Column Stills
Heaven Hill Distillery Region: Bardstown: Nelson County
Founded 1934
Owner Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
Distillation Column Stills.
Jim Beam Brands Co Region: Clermont
Founded 1795
Owner Fortune Brands Inc
Distillation Column Stills
Makers Mark Distillery Region: Loretto
Founded 1805
Jim Beam
Distillation Column Still followed by Pot Still
Wild Turkey Distillery Region: Lawrenceburg
Founded: 1869
Owner Pernod Richard USA
Distillation Column Stills
Woodford Reserve Distillery Region: Versailes
Founded1812
Owner Brown Foreman
Distillation Pot Stills
American Micro Whiskey Distillers
Small Scale Distillers producing their own Whiskey
Moonshine
Tennessee Whiskey Distilleries
George A Dickel & Co Distillery
Founded 1870
Owner Diago
Distillation Column still
Jack Daniels Distillery
Founded 1866
Owner Brown Foreman
Distillation Column Still
American Micro Whiskey Distilleries
Due to the period of Prohibition in the United States most small distilleries were forced out of business, leaving only the corporate dominated mega-distilleries to resume operation when Prohibition was repealed.
The popularity of micro-distilling spirits is expanding consistently, with many micro-breweries and small wineries establishing distilleries within the scope of their brewing or winemaking operations.
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