"starting point. Besides recognized historic sites, a number of operating whiskey distilleries are open to the public for tours and, in many cases, tastings. Most are located in close proximity to each other in Kentucky, although a few are located in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Utah, and West Virginia. In addition to sites and distilleries tied to the history of American whiskey production, the Distilled Spirits Council provides information and promotes a range of other distilleries around the country in conjunction with promotion of the American Whiskey Trail. The list includes two key rum distilleries – Bacardi in Catano, Puerto Rico, and"
"Lincoln County Process The Lincoln County Process is a step used in producing almost all Tennessee whiskeys. The whiskey is filtered through – or steeped in – charcoal chips before going into the casks for aging. The process is named for Lincoln County, Tennessee, which was the location of Jack Daniel's distillery at the time of its establishment. However, subsequent redrawing of county lines resulted in none of the distilleries currently using the process being located in the county for which the process is named. Various distilleries use the Lincoln County Process to make Tennessee whiskey. Notable examples include Jack"
"dry, all of which are located in the northern part of the state, an area that has cultural ties to the Deep South. Moore County, Tennessee, the home county of Jack Daniel's, a major American producer of whiskey, is a dry county, so the product is not available at stores or restaurants within the county; however, the distillery does sell commemorative bottles of whiskey on site. A study in Kentucky suggested that residents of dry counties have to drive farther from their homes to consume alcohol, thus increasing impaired driving exposure, although it found that a similar proportion of crashes"
"Jersey Spirits Distilling Co. Jersey Spirits Distilling Company is a craft distillery located in Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, one of a handful of distilleries in New Jersey. Co-founders John Granata and Susan Lord together with Elizabeth MacDonald became licensed during the summer of 2015 and opened in August 2015. Jersey Spirits is the first to distill and offer a true whiskey product in New Jersey since before prohibition with the Barnegat White Whiskey distilled from a bourbon mash. The product is minimally barrel aged to ensure the proper definition of Whiskey under the TTB guidelines. The operation creates"
"city-county government with Moore County. Its official population is more than 6,000, according to the 2010 census. The company was sold to the Brown-Forman Corporation in 1956. The Jack Daniel's Distillery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. In 2012, a Welshman, Mark Evans, claimed to have discovered the original recipe for Daniel's whiskey, in a book written in 1853 by his great-great-grandmother. Her brother-in-law had emigrated to Tennessee. Moore County, where the Jack Daniel's distillery is located, is one of the state's many dry counties. While it is legal to distill the product within the"
"Jack Daniel Jasper Newton ""Jack"" Daniel ( September 1850 – October 9, 1911) was an American distiller and businessman, best known as the founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery. Daniel was the youngest of ten children born to Calaway and Lucinda Matilda (née Cook) Daniel. He was of Scots-Irish, Scottish, and Welsh descent; his grandfather, Joseph ""Job"" Daniel, was born in Wales, while his grandmother, Elizabeth Calaway, was born in Scotland. His paternal grandparents immigrated to the United States in the late 18th century. Daniel's date of birth is unknown. According to one source, he was born in"
"aging is required, their products will continue to use whiskey distilled elsewhere for some time to come. The company generally does not identify where in Kentucky its products are actually distilled, although it has been reported that most of their products have been distilled by the Heaven Hill Distillery, which has its company headquarters located close to the Willett Distillery Company. The two companies are located about a half mile from each other along the same road in Bardstown, Kentucky. Although the product has the term ""pot still"" in its name, it has been reported that part of the distillation"
"George Washington's Rye Whiskey George Washington’s Rye Whiskey is distilled at George Washington’s reconstructed distillery at Mount Vernon from a recipe discovered by scholars examining the distillery ledgers for 1798 and 1799. It is distilled in limited quantities and only available for purchase in person. In 1797, urged on by his farm manager, James Anderson, Washington ramped up production and it produced 600 gallons in 1799, the year Washington died, the distillery produced nearly 11,000 gallons, making it the largest whiskey distillery in America at that time. On March 22, 2017, Governor Terry McAuliffe signed a bill sponsored by Virginia"
"of spirit produced in the South is Tennessee Whiskey, with Jack Daniel's, made in Lynchburg, Tennessee being the number one selling whiskey in the world. George Dickel, is produced in nearby Tullahoma, Tennessee. Born in the Little Dixie region of Missouri to parents who had recently emigrated from Tennessee, Mark Twain is often placed within the pantheon of great Southern writers. Many of his works demonstrate his extensive knowledge of the Mississippi River and the South; also included in his works as a frequent theme were the injustice of slavery and the culture of Protestant public morality. One of the"
"Westland Distillery Westland Distillery is an American single malt whiskey distillery operating in Seattle, Washington. Whiskies made by Westland Distillery are fermented for 144 hours with Belgian Brewer's Yeast. Core range whiskies are aged a minimum of 36 months and sold at 46% abv. Westland's flagship American Single Malt Whiskey. This recipe, known as 5-malt, contains Washington select pale malt (70%), Munich malt (10%), Extra Special malt (12%), Brown malt (4%), and Pale Chocolate malt (4%). The spirit is aged predominantly in American Oak (Coopers Select, Cooper's Reserve) and occasionally 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon casks. Sherry Wood utilizes the same 5-Malt"
"ASW Distillery ASW Distillery is a manufacturer of distilled spirits located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is the second legally licensed distillery in Atlanta since the end of American Prohibition and distilled the first single malt whiskey in Atlanta history.In 2018, the distillery's Duality Double Malt Whiskey became Georgia's first-ever Double Gold Medal Whiskey, as judged by the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The distillery operates, along with a tasting room, in 6,500 square feet of a retrofitted industrial space in Atlanta's Armour Yard district, near SweetWater Brewery. ASW Distillery makes its spirits in small batches, predominantly in copper"
"Lynchburg, Tennessee Lynchburg is a city in the south-central region of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is governed by a consolidated city-county government unit whose boundaries coincide with those of Moore County. Lynchburg is best known as the location of Jack Daniel's, whose famous Tennessee whiskey is marketed worldwide as the product of a city with only one traffic light. Despite the operational distillery, which is a major tourist attraction, Lynchburg's home county of Moore is a dry county. The population was 6,362 at the 2010 census. Lynchburg's connection to Jack Daniel's is spoofed in a 2018 national television"
"2-5 years. In 2016, Kings County Distillery was named ""Distillery of the Year"" by the American Distilling Institute. Kings County Distillery Kings County Distillery is a distillery located at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York City. It produces corn whiskey, bourbon whiskey, and rye whiskey, as well as other American craft whiskeys. Kings County Distillery was founded by Colin Spoelman and David Haskell in 2009, spurred by changes in New York State law regarding the licensing of microdistilleries. It officially began production out of its warehouse in April 2010. In 2012, the distillery moved into the Brooklyn Navy"
"Williams started distilling in the late 1700's in Kentucky. The black label Evan Williams bottle claims he was Kentucky's first distiller in 1783. Marianne Barnes Eaves – Currently the master distiller at Castle & Key Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 2016, Eaves became the first female bourbon master distiller in the state since before Prohibition. Benjamin Prichard – Prichard originally distilled whiskey in the early 1800s in Davidson County, Tennessee. In 1997, his descendant, Phil Prichard, rejuvenated the family's distilling business in Kelso, Tennessee. Today, Prichard's distills rums and liqueurs in addition to Tennessee whiskeys. Jimmy Russell – As master"
"location of the Jack Daniel Distillery, whose famous brand of Tennessee whiskey is marketed worldwide. Despite the distillery, Moore is a dry county. This status dates to the passage of state prohibition laws in the early 20th century. While federal prohibition ended in 1933 with the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, state prohibition laws remain in effect. All Tennessee counties are dry by default, though any county can become ""wet"" by passing a county-wide ""local option"" referendum. Moore County has yet to pass such a referendum. Schools in Moore County are a part of Moore County Schools, overseen by The"
"January 1849, in or around Lynchburg, Tennessee. A town fire had destroyed the courthouse records, and, because his mother died shortly after his birth, most likely due to complications from childbirth, conflicting dates on his and his mother's tombstones have left Daniel's date of birth in question. On June 26, 1851, his father remarried and had another three children with Matilda Vanzant. Daniel was raised in the Primitive Baptist church. The company that now owns the distillery claims that Jack Daniel's was first licensed in 1866. However, in the 2004 biography ""Blood & Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack"
"trouble remembering the combination). But Daniel's modern biographer has asserted that this account is not true. Because of prohibition in Tennessee, the company shifted its distilling operations to St Louis, Missouri, and Birmingham, Alabama. None of the production from these locations was ever sold due to quality problems. The Alabama operation was halted following a similar statewide prohibition law in that state, and the St. Louis operation was halted by the onset of nationwide prohibition following passage of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1920. While the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933 repealed prohibition at the federal level, state prohibition"
"States, most notably in the creation of the American Whiskey Trail and the reconstruction of the distillery built by George Washington near his home at Mount Vernon. Since 2000, DISCUS member companies and wholesalers have contributed more than $2.1 million to rebuild the distillery, which was one of the largest whiskey distilling operations in early America. Washington's Mount Vernon distillery marks the beginning of the organization's American Whiskey Trail, a DISCUS program promoting the cultural heritage and history of spirits in America. Launched in 2004, the trail features operating distilleries and historic sites in five states. Distilled Spirits Council of"
"Hollow Distillery. It is produced under contract by MGP Indiana in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and is mashed, distilled and aged there before being trucked to the Diageo facility in Plainfield, Illinois, for charcoal filtering and bottling. In early 2014, Diageo introduced a Dickel ""No. 1 Foundation Recipe"", using an unaged version of its standard mashbill of more than 80% corn, allowing for its sale as ""corn whiskey"". Also around 2014, a new bottling line was installed at the distillery. From 2005 to 2015, Cascade Distillery operated under the supervision of Master Distiller John Lunn. In March 2015, the company announced Lunn"
"OFC Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, was marketed as ""Geo. A. Dickel's Cascade Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky"". In 1956, Schenley attempted to buy the Jack Daniel's brand. After its offer was refused, Schenley decided instead to return one of their own brands to its roots and compete against Jack Daniel's. In 1958, after the passage of enabling legislation making it legal to produce liquor in Coffee County, Tennessee, Schenley's Ralph Dupps reconstructed the Cascade Hollow distillery. The new distillery is located about a mile from the old distillery site, but still utilizes the waters of Cascade Branch and the Lincoln County"
"Jimmy Bedford James Howard Bedford (January 30, 1940 – August 7, 2009) was responsible for overseeing the production of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey and ensuring the consistent flavor of the product in his 20 years serving as the distillery's sixth master distiller. Bedford was born on January 30, 1940 in Franklin County, Tennessee and grew up on a farm in Lynchburg, Tennessee. There he attended Moore County High School. He attended Tennessee Technological University, where he met his future wife, graduating from the school in 1962. He and his wife moved back to the Lynchburg area following graduation from college"
"Heaven Hill Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. is an American, private family-owned and operated distillery founded in 1935 and headquartered in Bardstown, Kentucky, that produces and markets the Heaven Hill brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and a variety of other distilled spirits. Its current distillery facility, called the Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery, is in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the seventh-largest alcohol supplier in the United States, the second-largest holder of bourbon whiskey inventory in the world, the largest independent family-owned and operated producer and marketer of distilled spirits in the United States, and the only large family-owned distillery company headquartered"
"SoDo, Seattle's industrial district. All current spirit is milled, mashed, fermented, and distilled in this 13,000 sq ft. working facility. The Cantilever Room is Westland's cocktail bar and tasting room. Westland Distillery Westland Distillery is an American single malt whiskey distillery operating in Seattle, Washington. Whiskies made by Westland Distillery are fermented for 144 hours with Belgian Brewer's Yeast. Core range whiskies are aged a minimum of 36 months and sold at 46% abv. Westland's flagship American Single Malt Whiskey. This recipe, known as 5-malt, contains Washington select pale malt (70%), Munich malt (10%), Extra Special malt (12%), Brown malt"
"light gold in color and has a flavor profile that bears some similarity to better Irish Whiskey. The whiskey is packaged at 80 proof (40% alcohol). Downslope Distilling Downslope Distilling is a craft beverage distillery in Centennial, Colorado, United States. Until recently nearly all beverage distillation was a result of very large operations. The reason for this consolidation was the heavy administrative burden involved in the collection of excise taxes by the United States Treasury Department through the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (Formerly Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives). As a result of several simplifications to"
"undergoing a small but growing revival in the United States. Since the beginning of the 21st century, more producers have been experimenting with rye whiskey, and several now market aged rye whiskey. For example, Brown-Forman began production of a Jack Daniel's rye whiskey and released unaged and lightly aged versions as limited editions. A distillery at Mount Vernon, the homestead of George Washington, sells a rye that is said to be like the whiskey Washington made. In October 2017, seven New York State distilleries unveiled a new whiskey style/category unique to the state called ""Empire Rye."" To qualify as Empire"
"Memory of Jimmy Bedford"" on his #07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala SS, with the decal also being placed on the cars of drivers Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, and Kevin Harvick. Jimmy Bedford James Howard Bedford (January 30, 1940 – August 7, 2009) was responsible for overseeing the production of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey and ensuring the consistent flavor of the product in his 20 years serving as the distillery's sixth master distiller. Bedford was born on January 30, 1940 in Franklin County, Tennessee and grew up on a farm in Lynchburg, Tennessee. There he attended Moore County High School. He"
"Kings County Distillery Kings County Distillery is a distillery located at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York City. It produces corn whiskey, bourbon whiskey, and rye whiskey, as well as other American craft whiskeys. Kings County Distillery was founded by Colin Spoelman and David Haskell in 2009, spurred by changes in New York State law regarding the licensing of microdistilleries. It officially began production out of its warehouse in April 2010. In 2012, the distillery moved into the Brooklyn Navy Yard and installed copper whiskey stills imported from Scotland. The distillery focuses on a variety of unusual American"
"for some time after arriving there and must be watered every couple of days to keep them intact before they are sold and filled with soil. On a state level, Tennessee has imposed stringent requirements. To be labeled as Tennessee Whiskey, it is not enough under state law that the whiskey be produced in Tennessee; it must meet quality and production standards. These are the same standards used by Jack Daniel's Distillery, and some other distillers are displeased with the requirements being enshrined into law. On May 13, 2013, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed House Bill 1084, requiring the Lincoln"
"the top-volume American whiskey brands (with a 12.4% sales growth rate), according to a press release issued by the producer citing A.C. Nielsen Scantrack 2010 data. Evan Williams Black is 43% alc/vol (86 U.S. proof), unlike some popular whiskeys which are bottled at the statutory minimum of 40% alc/vol (80 proof). Evan Williams was a Welsh immigrant, who was born in Dale, Pembrokeshire, but emigrated to the United States towards the end of the 18th century. Williams settled in Kentucky and began distilling in 1783, in what is now Louisville, Kentucky. A historical marker in Louisville (depicted in photo at"
"on today's U.S. 431. Cornelius Westerfield also began distilling corn whiskey in the early 1800s on his farm southwest of Whitesville, Kentucky, on Deserter Creek. It finally closed in 1872, after more than 60 years of production. By the 1880s, 18 large distilleries operated in Daviess County at the same time. Today only three remain. One dates back to 1869, the former Glenmore Distillery Company, which was originally the R. Monarch Distillery. Charles Medley Distillers Kentucky is at least the 59th distillery in the county's history. Trinidad-based Angostura Limited bought the Medley Distillery in 2007 with plans to make its"
"legislation was introduced in the Tennessee legislature that would modify the 2013 law to allow the reuse of oak barrels in the Tennessee whiskey aging process. Jack Daniel's Master Distiller Jeff Arnett vehemently opposed the legislation, arguing the reuse of barrels would require the use of artificial colorings and flavorings, and would render Tennessee whiskey an inferior product to scotches and bourbons. The company was the subject of a proposal to locally surtax its product in 2011. It was claimed that the distillery, the main employer in a company town, had capitalized on the bucolic image of Lynchburg, Tennessee, and"
"Jack Daniels (politician) Jack Daniels (October 23, 1923 – September 3, 2003) was a Democratic New Mexico state representative. He ran unsuccessfully for the governorship in 1970, and for the United States Senate in 1972. In his last major election against Pete Domenici in 1972, Daniels took advantage of his name, which was similar to that of Jack Daniel's, a popular alcoholic beverage. He handed out tiny bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey while campaigning. Despite this, he still lost the election to Pete Domenici, 54% to 46%. Daniels was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1923. His family moved to"
"printed on labels). However, KBD has been refurbishing and enhancing its prior distillery plant, and began limited test distilling on January 21, 2012. The company does not identify specifically where in Kentucky its products are distilled, although it has been suggested that most of their products have been distilled by the Heaven Hill Distillery, which has its company headquarters located close to KBD. The two companies are located about a half mile from each other along the same road in Bardstown, Kentucky. For its new distilling operation, the company has three operating stills – a column still, a ""doubler"", and"