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Bacardi Expands Aultmore Distillery In Glasgow

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Bacardi-owned Speyside distillery Aultmore has completed an expansion – adding three new warehouses to their maturation and blending facility in Glasgow. In addition to Aultmore, Bacardi also boasts a portfolio of single malt whiskies including Aberfeldy, Craigellachie, Royal Brackla and The Deveron, as well as blended Scotch brand Dewar’s. The three new state-of-the-art maturing warehouses […]

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O.H. Ingram Whiskey Expands Western Kentucky Based Headquarters; Beautiful Historic Riverfront Lodge

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O.H. Ingram River Aged announced this week a massive expansion of its footprint with the purchase of 24 acres of pristine land overlooking the Mississippi River in Columbus, KY. The acreage offers breathtaking views of the Mississippi and sits right above O.H. Ingram’s original floating rickhouses. The site also includes the former home of the Iron Banks […]

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New Distilleries, Huge Expansions, Departures: 2022 Was a Year For Kentucky Bourbon

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Ah 2022, you did not disappoint. Bourbon has been on a solid winning streak as 2022 certainly reflected that with a large batch of twists and turns throughout the year. We look back on some of the big happenings and events that made it pop. New Distillery Announcements in 2022 $250M Distillery in The Works […]

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Bottleneck Be Gone: Wilderness Trail Set to Nearly Double Capacity with New 2023 Bottling Line

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Wilderness Trail Distillery (Danville, KY) closed out 2022 grabbing major headlines as it was bought for $420M ($600M overall evaluation) by spirits giant Campari. Picking up where they left off, they are starting 2023 with a bang as they announced this week their bottling line is set to nearly DOUBLE its capacity. The brand shared […]

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BREAKING: $93M Investment from WILLETT DISTILLERY for Expansion in New Location

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PRESS RELEASE Directly from Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet On Thursday, Dec 8th, Gov. Andy Beshear announced continued momentum of the state’s bourbon industry as Kentucky Bourbon Distillers LTD, doing business as Willett Distillery, will invest nearly $93 million in Washington County to build warehouses and additional production facilities, creating 35 full-time jobs. “Kentucky’s bourbon industry […]

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Irish Distillers Plans €250 Million Midleton Expansion

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September 15, 2022 – Irish Distillers plans to expand Ireland’s largest distillery once again to meet growing global demand for Irish Whiskey. The €250 million project will see an all-new distillery built on a 55-acre site just across the Dungourney River from the existing Midleton distillery, which opened in 1975 to replace the original Midleton Distillery. “We have a vision that by 2030, we’ll be selling 15 million cases of Jameson (annually),” Midleton master distiller Kevin O’Gorman told WhiskyCast. “Last year, to put it in context, in our financial year 2022…we for the first time surpassed 10 million cases of Read More »

35 Years on Forty Creek (Episode 963: July 31, 2022)

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Forty Creek master blender Bill Ashburn celebrated his 35th anniversary in the whisky business this week, and he’s one of those blenders content to stay out of the spotlight most of the time. Ashburn and John Hall put Canadian Whisky on a new course in 2000 when they released the Forty Creek Barrel Select and Three Grain whiskies, and Ashburn’s whiskies have won countless awards since then. He’ll join us on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, we have details on the U.S. government’s proposal to create an official definition for American Single Malt whiskies, along with Beam Suntory’s Read More »

Pernod Ricard to Invest $110 Million at Speyside Distilleries

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April 29, 2022 – Pernod Ricard is planning major expansions at its Aberlour and Miltonduff distilleries in Scotland. The two Speyside distilleries will receive a total of £88 million ($110 million USD) in upgrades that will increase production by 14 million liters of alcohol annually. In a news release, the company’s Chivas Brothers unit unveiled plans for an all-new still house at Aberlour, along with a new visitors center to replace the tiny shop at the distillery’s main gate. The distillery’s production will be doubled to nearly eight million liters of alcohol each year using sustainable distilling technology as part Read More »

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