502-320-6419 - The American Distilling Institute
502-320-6419 - The American Distilling Institute
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limestone Branch<br />
Distillery<br />
When.Steve.Beam.describes.how.<br />
he.came.to.start.his.distillery,.we.<br />
at.ADI.grow.positively.avuncular.<br />
because.Steve’s.passion.truly.ignited.at.the.2010.ADI.Conference.in.<br />
Louisville..“I.came.back.from.the.<br />
conference.inspired,”.Beam.explains,.“and.told.my.brother,.Paul:.<br />
‘It’s.now.or.never.’”.<br />
<strong>The</strong>.result.is.an.artisanal.gem—<br />
a.distillery.on.a.human.scale,.with.<br />
a.three-acre.lake,.picnic.tables,.and.<br />
a.gallery-museum.of.pre-Prohibition.Marion.County.memorabilia.<br />
(there.were.over.20.distilleries.in.<br />
the.county.prior.to.Prohibition)..<br />
<strong>The</strong>.brothers.Beam.are.direct.descendants.of.Beam.patriarch,.Jacob.<br />
Beam,.who.came.to.Kentucky.in.<br />
1788..With.more.than.a.few.Master.Distillers.in.between,.distilling.is.undeniably.in.the.brothers’.blood..<strong>The</strong>y.will.mash.in.with.<br />
heirloom.white.corn.grown.on.the.<br />
property.and.distill.in.single-barrel.<br />
batches.using.a.150-gallon.handhammered.copper.pot.still...<strong>The</strong>.initial.products.will.be.corn.whiskey.(of.which.some.will.find.their.<br />
destiny.as.Bourbon).and.“Sugar.<br />
Shine,”.a.50-50.mash.of.corn.and.<br />
sugar..One.definitely.gets.the.feeling.that.some.Beams.are.smiling.down.from.on.high.upon.this.corner.of.Bourbon.Country.<br />
Limestone Branch Distillery<br />
1280 Veterans Memorial Highway<br />
Lebanon, KY 40033<br />
limestonebranch.com<br />
michter’s<br />
On.the.opposite.end.of.the.artisanal.scale.is.the.fabled.Michter’s,.<br />
arguably.–.and.Michter’s.website.<br />
so.argues.–.the.oldest.commercial.<br />
distillery.in.America..Launched.<br />
In.1753.by.John.Shenk,.a.Swiss.<br />
Mennonite.farmer.in.Pennsylva-<br />
Steve beam, shows you how they do it at Limestone Branch Distillery<br />
nia’s.Blue.Mountain.Valley,.Michter’s.has.undergone.transformations.<br />
of.ownership.unlike.any.other.in.<br />
America.(presently.owned.by.Joseph.Magliocco.of.Chatham.Imports)..Focusing.on.small.batch.rye.<br />
and.straight.<strong>American</strong>.whiskeys.and.<br />
bourbons,.Magliocco.is.launching.<br />
a.$7.8.million.renovation.of.Louisville’s.historic.Fort.Nelson.Building—and.depending.on.who.is.first.<br />
to.open.their.doors—Louisville’s.<br />
first.distillery.since.Prohibition..<br />
Slated.to.open.in.2013,.Michter’s.<br />
will.be.unique.among.distillers.for.<br />
operating.a.distillery.on.Louisville’s.<br />
famed.Whiskey.Row..By.way.of.<br />
comparison,.Heaven.Hill.has.offices.<br />
on.Whiskey.Row,.but.maintains.its.<br />
distillery.in.Bardstown.<br />
<strong>The</strong>.Fort.Nelson.Building.is.a.<br />
charming.mélange.of.styles.typical.<br />
of.late.Victoriana—Moorish.arches,.Teutonic.towers,.Roman.columns—all.great.eye.candy..It’s.also.<br />
a.damsel.in.distress,.but.restoration.<br />
Michter’s will be unique among<br />
distillers for operating a distillery on<br />
Louisville’s famed Whiskey Row.<br />
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