KENTUCKY DISTILLERS’ ASSOCIATION WELCOMES WHISKEY HOUSE OF KENTUCKY AS NEWEST MEMBER
FRANKFORT, KY.— The Kentucky Distillers’ Affiliation in the present day introduced Elizabethtown’s Whiskey Home of Kentucky (Whiskey Home) as the most recent member of the non-profit commerce group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits trade.
Based in 2021 by trade veterans David Mandell, John Hargrove and Daniel Linde, Whiskey Home is a fully-automated distillery designed from the bottom as much as produce high-quality, customized whiskey for its unique contract prospects.
Since starting operations on July 1, 2024, Whiskey Home has produced greater than 50,000 barrels, 20 totally different mashbills and greater than 50 distinctive recipes at their 176-acre campus within the T.J. Patterson Elizabethtown – Hardin County Industrial Park.
“We couldn’t be extra excited to affix the KDA and assist additional the Affiliation’s necessary mission to advertise America’s native spirit and advance our trade and the important position it performs in our nation’s financial system,” stated co-founder and CEO David Mandell.
“We’re pushing the bounds of innovation with the most recent and most superior distillery within the nation,” continued Mandell. “As a result of we’re closed to the general public, won’t ever have our personal manufacturers, and don’t compete with our prospects within the market, we’re capable of focus our full consideration on our prospects.”
KDA President Eric Gregory proudly welcomed Whiskey Home into the rising KDA household of the state’s best distillers. He stated refined new superior manufacturing enterprise fashions like Whiskey Home are driving innovation and serving to form the trade.
“It’s wonderful to see technological developments like those at Whiskey Home which might be retaining Kentucky Bourbon on the forefront of spirits innovation,” he stated. “Congratulations to David, John, and Daniel who’re creating distinctive alternatives for the world to style our nice whiskey and pouring extra income into the native Hardin County financial system.”
Whiskey Home is part of the rising Bourbon financial influence within the Louisville Metro area. Hardin and its surrounding counties have 27 distilleries answerable for 7,000 jobs and a $664 million payroll. Bourbon brings to the world an annual financial influence of $3.3 billion and practically $77 million in native and state tax income.
Be taught extra about Whiskey Home of Kentucky at www.whiskeyhouse.com.
Whiskey Home of Kentucky joins KDA as a “Heritage” degree member, getting older greater than 50,000 barrels per yr. Go to the KDA and its Kentucky Bourbon Path® journey at www.kybourbon.com and www.kybourbontrail.com
Based in 1880, the Kentucky Distillers’ Affiliation (KDA) is the Worldwide Voice of Bourbon™.
In regards to the Kentucky Distillers’ Affiliation:
Based in 1880, the Kentucky Distillers’ Affiliation is the legendary voice for Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits trade. Its numerous and rising membership produces the overwhelming majority of the world’s Bourbon, from historic, international manufacturers to rising micro distilleries which might be fostering the subsequent technology of the Commonwealth’s landmark financial engine and its thriving, timeless craft. Member advantages embrace media relations, worldwide commerce growth, non-public sampling occasions, technical help, financial growth assist, networking, authorized protection, advertising and marketing methods, governmental and regulatory advocacy and progressive tourism experiences by means of the KDA’s world-famous Kentucky Bourbon Path® and Kentucky Bourbon Path Craft Tour® adventures. A 501(c)(6) nonprofit group, the KDA maintains an open membership coverage, champions a powerful dedication to the accountable and average consumption of spirits, and fights to curb underage consuming and drunk driving. Be taught extra at www.kybourbon.com and www.kybourbontrail.com.
