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Evan Williams is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey bottled in Bardstown, Kentucky, [2] [3] by the Heaven Hill company. [4] [5] The product is aged for a minimum of four years [5] (which is more than the two year minimum to be called 'straight' bourbon, but is the minimum requirement for a straight whiskey that does not have an age statement on the label). [6]
Kulsveen and his wife purchased the company and the property on July 1, 1984, and renamed the company to Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD), Ltd., registered distillery number DSP-KY-78. [ 10 ] [ 13 ] For some time, KBD continued to produce bourbon from the aging barrels that the Willett distillery had produced before they had stopped distilling.
The EPA and the Coast Guard's Gulf Strike Team aerated the river using equipment mounted on barges. [8] The company paid $256,000 to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife in an effort to restore the fish population in the river. [8] In 2009, the Campari Group acquired the distillery and the Wild Turkey brand from Pernod Ricard. [9]
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Equestrian ex-husband of actress Kaley Cuoco plans bourbon distillery on Kentucky River. Janet Patton, Beth Musgrave. February 22, 2024 at 6:39 AM.
In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Kentucky ranked 43rd in the number of craft breweries per capita with 14. [ 4 ] For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs , 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries. [ 5 ]
The buyer already owns one major Kentucky whiskey distillery.
On August 4, 2003, a fire destroyed a Jim Beam aging warehouse in Bardstown, Kentucky. It held 15,000 barrels (795,000 US gal or 3,010,000 L) [note 1] of bourbon. Flames rose more than 100 feet from the structure. Burning bourbon spilled from the warehouse into a nearby creek. An estimated 19,000 fish died of the bourbon in the creek and a river.