November 21, 2024 5:43 am

Garrard County Distilling Opens in Kentucky

Garrard County Disilling Co. is home to All Nations Whiskey. (Photo Courtesy of Garrard County Distilling Co.)

Another Kentucky distillery has started production. Atlanta-based Staghorn opened the Garrard County Distilling Co. this week in Lancaster, just south of Lexington. This is the first new distillery in the county since the 1880s.

Garrard County Distilling Co. By the Numbers

  • $250 million project
  • 210 acre campus
  • 50,000 square-foot distillery, 20,000 square feet of rick houses
  • Will produce 5 million proof gallons (150,000 barrels of whiskey per year)
  • 60-plus new jobs
  • 17,000 barrels of sourced whiskey already aging onsite
  • Home to All Nations Whiskey

“Staghorn’s vision for Garrard County Distilling Co. is to craft the finest whiskeys and spirits in the world at scale to make an immediate impact in the market. To support this goal, we will be hiring nothing but the best in the business, respecting long-honored traditions and craftmanship to assure our products are nothing short of remarkable ”

The new Garrard County Distilling Co. has dual 45-feet tall, 36” column stills made by Vendome Copper and Brass Works in Louisville. (Photo Courtesy of Garrard County Distilling Co.)

"Whisky is liquid sunshine."

George Bernard Shaw

“The light music of whiskey falling into a glass – an agreeable interlude.”

James Joyce

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