Category Archives: Distillery

Diageo Opens 1st Carbon-Neutral North America Distillery

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Diageo opened its first carbon neutral distillery. The 72,000 square-foot facility in Lebanon, Ky., can produce up to 10 million proof gallons per year and has begun distilling Bulleit Bourbon using electrode boilers that are powered by 100% renewable electricity … Continue reading →

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Blackland Distillery Expands Plant, to Enter Oklahoma

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Blackland Distillery, Fort Worth, Tex., is adding 4,500-square-feet to its current plant and plans to enter Oklahoma in October.  The expansion will provide a second rick house and a VIP space as well as expand the bottling line and renovate … Continue reading →

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St. Augustine Distillery Marks 5th Year of Selling Its Bourbon

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Philip McDaniel and Mike Diaz, co-founders of St. Augustine Distillery, laid down the first four barrels in December 2013. They got Florida’s prohibition-era laws changed in the spring of 2014, allowing consumers to purchase two bottles per person, per year … Continue reading →

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Fred B. Noe Distillery to Be Home to Many Beam Small Batch Whiskies, Innovations

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

The Noe Distillery is dedicated to Seventh Generation Beam Master Distiller Fred Noe and will be led by Noe’s son, Eighth Generation Beam Distiller Freddie Noe. It will produce several of the James B. Beam Distilling Co.‘s well-known and award-winning … Continue reading →

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Bad News for Brewers, Distillers: Spring Wheat Crop in Poor Condition

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Sixty-three percent of the U.S. spring wheat crop is in poor or very poor condition, according to U.S. Agriculture Department statistics.  That’s bad news if you produce wheat beer or vodka, and is up dramatically from 6% at this time … Continue reading →

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Buffalo Trace Details Progress on $1.2B Expansion

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Joel Whitaker

Buffalo Trace Distillery said it continues to make great strides with its $1.2 billion expansion, including more barrel warehouses, construction of an additional still, additional fermenters, expanding the dry house operation, and much more over the past year. But it … Continue reading →

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