BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 14 August, 2020, by Susan Reigler
New Life for the T.W. Samuels Distillery
Close observation through a line of trees set back from the north side of KY-245 west of Bardstown will be rewarded with the sight of the tops of several uniquely shaped bourbon warehouses. Still used by Heaven Hill for aging whiskey, they originally belonged to the T.W. Samuels Distillery, which made bourbon on the site from 1933 to 1952.
The Nelson County Economic Development Agency has just announced that a consortium that includes Georgia-based developer Rick Puig and business partner Ryan Mollenkopf, are leading reopening of the property as a museum and visitor attraction. In a prepared statement, Puig noted, “One of many things will make touring Old Samuels so amazing is how much of what was used to make whiskey back then still remains. The first time we came here, the lab, where grain...
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