Heaven Hill Distillery, has announced plans for a new $135
million distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky.
The state-of-the-art distillery will augment Heaven Hill’s
distilling capacity to meet increased global whiskey demand and marks the
company’s return to distilling in Bardstown, following a fire in 1996 which destroyed
its distillery, seven rickhouses and almost 100,000 barrels of whiskey.
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After the fire, Heaven Hill’s distilling moved to the historic Bernheim Distillery in Louisville, while bottling, aging of whiskey and other functions continued in the Bardstown area where they remain today.
The new distillery will produce 150,000 barrels of whiskey a
year, but will have the capacity to ramp up to 450,000 barrels, over time.
Heaven Hill will continue to age bourbon at existing locations and its Bernheim
distillery in Louisville will continue to operate at full capacity.
Commenting on the news, Max Shapira, President of Heaven
Hill, said: “The people of Bardstown have helped us create and build our brands
over all these many years, so it’s a special homecoming to bring distilling
back to this community. Our new distillery will honor our long-time Bardstown
roots while applying state-of-the-art equipment and processes to produce the
highest quality American Whiskey and build upon our meaningful partnership with
Bardstown and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.”
The new distillery is expected to open in 2024.
Posted by Steve Rush