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$78M Investment for Sazerac Owned “Northwest Ordinance Distilling”

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Northwest Ordinance Distilling, a member of the Sazerac family, announced its intention to once again expand its production facility in New Albany, IN, at the former General Mills Pillsbury plant. The $78 million expansion will better allow the company to meet market-demand for their product, and will also bring an additional 50 full-time employees to […]

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Sipp’n Corn Book Review – Lawyerly Libations

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I found a new book to add your personal collection or holiday gift list—Lawyerly Libations, Concoctions for the Counselor, Apéritifs for the Attorney, Elixirs for the Esquire, and Additional Alcoholic Anecdotes: A Cocktail Compilation for the Burgeoning Barrister’s Bar, by Michael J. McCormick. While…

Sazerac Co. Investing $600M in Laurel County, KY; RECORD BREAKING Kentucky Distilling Related Investment

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Investment in Kentucky’s Bourbon Industry is as strong as the proof of George T. Stagg. In what is being called the largest distilled spirits-related investment on record in Kentucky, the Commonwealth’s Governor’s Office announced Sazerac Co. (owners of Buffalo Trace Distillery) will spend a colossal $600 million to expand into Laurel County. Sazerac Co. is […]

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Ancient Ancient Age Bourbon Review

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Ancient Ancient Age Bourbon, like Blanton’s, is distilled at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, KY. But, like Blanton’s, this brand, along with Elmer T. Lee and Rock Hill Farms, is actually owned by Age International, Inc, a subsidiary of Takara Shuzo, Ltd (based in Kyoto, Japan). When the Schenley Company (who introduced Ancient Age in 1938) sold the distillery and brand in 1983, Age International was formed. Age International was subsequently purchased by Takara Shuzo in 1991. Takara Shuzo retained the brands, but sold the distillery to Sazerac, which has handled their production ever since.

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Cocktail Recipe: Sazerac

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In the mid-1800s (1850ish) a man named Sewell T. Taylor sold his bar, named “Merchants Exchange Coffee House”, to a man named Aaron Bird. Taylor then started importing spirits, like Cognac, and Bird changed the name of the bar to the Sazerac Coffee House. At some point Bird started using Taylor imported Cognac (Sazerac-de-Forge et […]

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Heaven Hill Workers on Strike

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By Mark Gillespie September 11, 2021 – With the biggest weekend of the year in the “Bourbon Capital of the World” just a few days away, visitors  to Bardstown, Kentucky for the Kentucky Bourbon Festival may be greeted with picket signs at the town’s newest attraction. Heaven Hill workers started a strike today after their five-year contract expired at midnight and are staffing a picket line outside the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience, which opened this summer after a two-year renovation and upgrade project. Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23-D voted overwhelmingly in favor of the strike Read More »

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