BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 17 July, 2020, by Susan Reigler
Bardstown Bourbon Company is Aging a 100% Kentucky Whiskey
While most Kentucky distilleries source the majority, if not all, of their corn for making bourbon and other whiskeys, they usually source additional grains from other regions. That includes rye, which does not grow particularly well here. So, the announcement from Bardstown Bourbon Company that it has just distilled and barreled a whiskey made entirely of Kentucky grown grains and even barreled in Kentucky made cooperage, is worth noting.
By definition, it is a wheat whiskey, since the mashbill was 52% wheat (from Washington County), 39% corn (Marion County) and 9% barley, which was grown in Logan County and malted at Southfork Malthouse in Cynthiana. After distillation, the 112-proof spirit was transferred to 22 Kentucky white oak barrels that had been made by Cantor Cooperage in Lebanon.
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