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
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Founded 1870s
Owner Constellation Brands Inc
Distillation Column Stills.
Founded 1992
Owner Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc
Distillation Column Stills
Founded 1891
Owner Brown Foreman
Distillation Column Stills.
Founded: 1787
Owner Sazerac Co
Distillation Column Stills
By Type and Brand
Kentucky Bourbon
Ancient Age
Baker's
Basil Hayden's
Blanton's
Booker's
Buffalo Trace
Eagle Rare
Elijah Craig
Elmer T Lee
Evan Williams
Four Roses
George T Stagg
Hancock
Heaven Hill
Henry McKenna
J T S Brown
J W Dant
Knob Creek
Makers Mark
McAfee
Old FitzGerald
Old Forester
Old Charter
Rock Hill Farms
Van Winkle
Woodford Reserve
Founded 1934
Owner Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
Distillation Column Stills.
Founded 1795
Owner Fortune Brands Inc
Distillation Column Stills
Founded 1860s
Owner: Kirin Brewery & Co
Distillation: Column Stills
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Basil Hayden's
Jim Beam
Makers Mark
Founded 1805
Jim Beam
Distillation Column Still followed by Pot Still
Founded: 1869
Owner Pernod Richard USA
Distillation Column Stills
Founded1812
Owner Brown Foreman
Distillation Pot Stills
Small Scale Distillers producing their own Whiskey
Charbay
Clear Creek
Copperfox
Edgefield
Peach Street
Rogue Spirits
St George Spirits
St James Spirits
Stranahan’s
Templeton Rye
Triple Eight Distillery
Tuthiltown
Woodstone Creek
Moonshine
Mountain Moonshine
Piedmont Distillers NC
Founded 1870
Owner Diago
Distillation Column still
Founded 1866
Owner Brown Foreman
Distillation Column Still
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forced out of business, leaving only the corporate dominated mega-distilleries to resume operation when Prohibition was repealed.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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