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Whiskey Row: Once the thriving center of the whiskey industry in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
T HAT.whiskey.making.is.
exploding.in.Kentucky.we.
should.all.take.as.very.good.news..
Establishing.themselves.in.the.
shadow.of.the.Bourbon.giants.of.
Bardstown,.Lexington,.Frankfort.
and.Lawrenceburg.these.new.distilleries.hope.collectively.to.further.endorse.Kentucky.as.America’s.
“whiskey.state,”.with.Louisville.at.
its.center..Some.foresee.Kentucky’s.
whiskey.renaissance.as.a.future.
rival.to.Napa.Valley.as.the.nation’s.tourist.mecca.for.fine.spirits..
“We’re.already.called.‘Sonoma.of.
the.South,’”.explains.Eric.Gregory,.
president.of.Frankfort-based.KDA..
With.over.450,000.distillery.visits.
logged.at.the.six.member.distilleries.
in.2011,.the.numbers.would.seem.
to.back.up.that.claim.
And.now.the.exclusive.club.that.
was.founded.in.1880.is.reaching.
out.to.artisan.distillers,.with.Lyons.
Spirits.(Alltech).the.first.to.be.admitted.into.the.fold,.with.Lexington’s.Barrel.House,.and.MB.Rowland.numbers.two.and.three,.with.
Corsair.waiting.in.the.wings.
Perhaps.the.greatest.boon.to.
Kentucky’s.allure.will.be.the.restoration.now.underway.of.the.exquisite.brick-and-iron.façade.buildings.
of.Whiskey.Row.(only.Manhattan.
has.more)..These.architectural.treasures.are.all.that.remain.from.Louisville’s.heyday,.when.over.80.dis
Dr. Pearse Lyons introduces Alltech’s
new Town Branch Bourbon.
tilleries.lined.Main.Street’s.Whiskey.
Row.prior.to.Prohibition..Thanks.
largely.to.the.Louisville.Economic.
and.Development.Commission.
and.specifically.to.the.vision.and.
financial.commitment.of.Laurel.
Lee.Brown.and.her.husband.Steve.
Wilson.who.initiated.restoration.of.
Main.Street.(21-C.Museum.Hotel,.
Kentucky.Folk.Art.Museum,.and.
more).many.of.the.old.buildings.
remain.standing..And.now,.courtesy.of.the.“Welcome.to.Bourbon.
Country”.campaign.of.Stacey.Yates.
of.the.Louisville.Convention.and.
Visitors.Bureau,.and.her.Urban.
Bourbon.Trail.that.tracks.the.many.
watering.holes.around.them,.the.
grand.dames.of.Whiskey.Row.are.
being.queued.for.restoration.to.
their.former.glory.
Modesty.has.not.appeared.to.be.
a.driving.factor.in.any.of.the.new.
enterprises..Here,.in.alphabetical.
order,.are.some.highlights.of.what.
we.can.expect:
• ALLtECH
• DIStILLED SPIRItS EPICENtER
• KENtuCKY BOuRBON DIStILLERS
• LIMEStONE BRANCH
• LOuISVILLE DIStILLINg
(Angels’ Envy)
• MICHtER’S
• PARtY SOuRCE
• SHIPPINgPORt
Alltech
Dr..Pearse.Lyons.is.a.unique.
presence,.not.only.in.Lexington.
Kentucky,.but.in.the.world..Founder.and.president.of.Alltech,.one.of.
the.world’s.most.innovative.and.
influential.biotech.corporations,.he.
is.also.an.industrialist,.biochemist,.
entrepreneur,.and.sponsor.of.the.
prestigious.FEI.World.Equestrian.
Games...The.2010.Games.brought.
over.$200.million.in.value.to.Kentucky,.and.the.2012.Games.Alltech.
will.sponsor.in.Normandy,.France,.
may.well.achieve.the.same.impact.
there.
Those.accomplishments.might.
be.enough.for.another.man,.but.
another.enterprise.lies.close.to.his.
heart:.making.ales.and.whiskeys..
There.may.be.roots.to.this..Dr..Lyons.is.of.Irish.descent,.and.proud.
of.it.(his.brewery.headquarters.even.
sports.a.movie-set.replica.of.an.Irish.
pub)..Although.he.noted.that.his.
family.was.largely.teetotalling,.Ly-
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