Four Roses Distillery employees removed debris from the dam and concrete area of the Salt River, which flows beside the Lawrenceburg, Ky., distillery, as well as the highway where it forks on each side of the river, and along the roadway.
Limestone-rich water from the Salt River is one of Four Roses’ primary ingredients in handcrafting its award-winning Bourbons.
During a year where large public gatherings were cancelled and many distilleries suspended tour and tasting opportunities, Four Roses adhered to social distancing practices to host its fourth annual Salt River Clean Up.
The 150-mile, spring-fed Salt River flows beside the Four Roses Distillery in Lawrenceburg and stretches east to near Parksville and west to the Ohio River near West Point.
“This river is important to Four Roses for sure, but it’s also important to all of Kentucky as a valuable natural resource,” said Four Roses Master Distiller Brent Elliott. “We want to help preserve this waterway for today, tomorrow and the future.”