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Contract Distilling Is on the Rise. What Will It Mean for Bourbon?
New Distilleries Coming Online in 2024
Whisky Advocate – Set to open this summer, the Whiskey House of Kentucky comes from three founders of Bardstown Bourbon Co.: David Mandell, John Hargrove, and Daniel Linde. Unlike many distilleries, which are ostensibly opened to make whiskey for their own brands and attract new fans, Whiskey House will be closed to the public, as it’ll be distilling exclusively for those who need highly customizable contract distillation, making it a sort of high-end and more experimental MGP. To that end, co-founder Mandell has said that there will be an infinite number of mashbill options, and customers will be able to pick custom toast and char levels for their barrels.
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AT FIRST GLANCE, the October announcement of a $350 million distillery in Elizabethtown is just the latest drumbeat in Kentucky’s sustained bourbon boom.
Whiskey House of Kentucky to Begin Operations in July 2024
Whiskey House of Kentucky announced its state-of-the art distillery will begin operations July 1, 2024. Located on a 176-acre campus in the T.J. Patterson Elizabethtown Hardin County Industrial Park, Whiskey House will invest more than $350 million over the next decade, employing approximately 50 employees in 2024, and expanding to more than 100 employees by 2027.
Whiskey House of Kentucky, a Massive, $350 Million Contract Distillery, Will Open Next Year
Vine Pair – A new distillery focusing solely on large-scale contract whiskey production is opening next year, according to a Thursday announcement. Whiskey House of Kentucky is set to be the first property of its kind in the area, and will begin operations on July 1, 2024.
Whiskey House of Kentucky Cuts the Ribbon on High-Tech ‘Contract Only’ Distillery – We Have No Brands of Our Own
Twenty-one months ago, John Hargrove went to David Mandell and said, “I have an idea.” And now, less than two years later Whiskey House of Kentucky, a new $130 million distillery is under construction in Elizabethtown, Kentucky and is expected to make its first distillate in July of 2024.
Still under construction, Whiskey House celebrates E’town home
The News Enterprise – Hardin County is in bourbon’s backyard no more.
Joining an established craft distillery, it now will be home to a large-scale, custom production facility with the addition of Whiskey House Kentucky in Elizabethtown.
Bardstown Bourbon Veterans To Launch Whiskey House Of Kentucky
Shanken News Daily – Veterans of Bardstown Bourbon Company are planning to open a new contract whiskey distillery next July, Whiskey House of Kentucky. Located on a 176-acre campus in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, the facility will begin operations with more than seven million proof gallons of annual capacity (112,000 barrels), expanding to more than 14 million proof gallons (224,000 barrels) in 2027.
Bardstown Bourbon’s Former Leaders are Building a Major New Kentucky Distillery
John Hargrove, Daniel Linde, and David Mandell were part of the team behind Bardstown Bourbon Company when it was founded in 2014. In addition to the many top-flight whiskeys sold under the Bardstown name, the company has also produced liquid for more than 30 other labels as a custom contract producer, including Belle Meade, High West, Hirsch, James E. Pepper, Jefferson’s, to name a few.