Who wants to buy a distillery?
We received an email from our favorite local distillery yesterday, with the seemingly innocuous subject line “Blinking Owl Distillery NEWS May 2023.” Opening it up expecting a new featured cocktail or creative taco creation offered at the in-house patio restaurant, we were not prepared for what the email actually contained: An announcement that, if Blinking …

BARDSTOWN, Kentucky In 1996, a hell-blazing fire devastated Heaven Hill Distillery. The blaze devoured the onsite distillery, seven rickhouses, and nearly 100,000 barrels of liquid. Post fire, all distilling moved to their Louisville based Bernheim Distillery. Now, 22 years later and nearly 90 years since first opening in 1935, something BIG is happening in Bardstown. […]