Column: Tour Stoppage at Barton Distillery to Mark a Sad Day in Ky. Bourbon Tourism
Sadly, come June 30, tours will end at Barton. Announced on Facebook in April, parent company Sazerac said ceasing tourism will let the historic distillery do what it does best: continue “producing the world’s best whiskey,” and by implication, more of it.
Sazerac’s decision makes sense. Barton 1792 Distillery is a brute of a factory built to churn out loads of distillate 24-7, not a place for interlopers with iPhones. Its builders surely never imagined tourists would queue up by the hundreds daily to see whiskey made. But that’s what happened. (Whisky Wash)