Most advanced distillery in the United States commences operations on
schedule
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.,
July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Whiskey
House of Kentucky (Whiskey House),
the newest and most advanced distillery in the United States, announced operations
officially began yesterday, July 1, as initially
projected. Located on a 176-acre campus in the T.J. Patterson
Elizabethtown Hardin County Industrial Park, Whiskey House is the
most sophisticated, technically advanced producer of custom
bourbon, rye, and American whiskey in the
United States. For more information, visit
www.whiskeyhouse.com.
Whiskey House was initially founded in 2022 by David Mandell, John
Hargrove and Daniel Linde,
the team that started and built The Bardstown Bourbon Company. As
the first distillery designed from the ground up to focus solely on
large-scale, flexible, contract whiskey production, Whiskey House
has no brands of its own and a campus closed to the public,
removing all potential conflicts of interest between the company
and its customers. The team is hyper-focused on providing superior
custom whiskey production, innovative liquid design, exceptional
customer service, and the most competitive pricing for its
exclusive branded clients.
"Thanks to our incredible team, construction partners, service
providers and vendors, we've delivered the most advanced distillery
in the United States in just over
two years," said co-founder and CEO David
Mandell. "Our state-of-the-art facility not only provides
unmatched quality, flexibility and production capabilities, but
we've also assembled the best team in American whiskey to deliver
exceptional customer service for our exclusive brand partners."
Whiskey House is unlike anything in the distilling industry. The
facility combines advanced manufacturing principles from the food
industry with lean manufacturing techniques and the latest
"Industry 4.0" technology. The distinctive design, fully automated
system, sequence of operations, and proprietary software enable
Whiskey House to run multiple mashbills, including small, craft
production runs, while maintaining complete consistency of
production.
Additionally, Whiskey House meets the highest quality standards.
The company received its Kosher certification from Star-K and is in
the process of obtaining the following certifications: ISO 9001,
14001, 45001, 22000, 17025, 2018 FSSC, ISO/IEC 27001 and British
Retail Consortium.
Whiskey House is also designed to capture and reuse latent
energy throughout the production process, resulting in a 50%
decrease of energy consumption as compared to the EPA's Energy Star
Certified Distilleries.
"Whiskey House truly sets a new, high bar for advanced
manufacturing in the whiskey industry," said co-founder, president
and COO John Hargrove. "We've
created the most flexible distillation system in the country,
capable of producing excellent whiskey while enabling tremendous
customization at the same time."
Whiskey House's fully integrated operational and information
technology infrastructure captures and analyzes data across the
entire manufacturing process. With the addition of its artificial
intelligence applications, the company can continually improve
quality and efficiency, increase production yields, expand
sustainability initiatives and provide critical, real-time
information to customers about their liquid. As a result of its
efforts and vision for the distillery, Whiskey House received a
Microsoft for Startups Founder's Hub Grant to accelerate the
implementation of AI in all aspects of its manufacturing and
distillation process.
"Our technology infrastructure provides customers unprecedented
access to every datapoint about their whiskey production, including
critical financial, inventory, and quality metrics," said
engineering & technology vice president Roger Henley. "This information will not only
help our customers improve their businesses, but it will help
brands tell deeper, richer stories, leading to more innovation and
transparency across the industry."
Produced by Vendome Copper & Brass Works, Whiskey House's
distilling and processing equipment is built around a 48-inch
custom still and 14, 33,000-gallon closed-top fermenters. The
company started operations with greater than seven million proof
gallons of annual capacity (112,000 barrels) and will expand to
more than 14 million proof gallons (224,000 barrels) in 2027.
The Whiskey House campus includes plans for 33,
41,496 -barrel traditional rickhouses; a 50,000-square-foot
palletized warehouse; a spent grain processing facility; a
bottling facility; a rail system; as well as access to one of the
highest yielding hydro stratigraphic limestone aquifers in the
region, which sits 120 feet below the property.
Whiskey House's traditional rickhouses employ a distinctive
design structure that is long and skinny with extra-large air
channels underneath to ensure consistent airflow and uniform
maturation for every barrel.
Whiskey House will also track barrels with a specially printed
QR code designed to provide access to complete track and trace
data. From the time the grain arrives on the property to its final
maturation journey, this comprehensive technology captures all
batch, quality, and control information throughout the distillery
lifecycle, and precisely defines each barrel's location down to the
rick position. Access to this unprecedented amount of actionable
information about the production and aging process allows both
Whiskey House and its customers to make informed decisions and
enhance consistency, efficiency and quality.
Whiskey House construction is led by Bardstown-based Buzick Construction and
financed by Truist Bank.
High-resolution photos are available here courtesy Whiskey
House of Kentucky.
To learn more about Whiskey House, go to whiskeyhouse.com or
follow us on LinkedIn.
About Whiskey House of Kentucky:
Whiskey House of Kentucky is the most sophisticated,
technically advanced producer of custom bourbon and American
whiskey in the United States.
Located on a 176-acre campus in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Whiskey House is the
first facility designed from the ground up for large-scale,
flexible, custom whiskey production. Whiskey House provides
unparalleled customer service, competitive pricing, and complete
transparency into the manufacturing process for its Custom Whiskey
Production customers. To learn more about Whiskey House of
Kentucky, visit
www.whiskeyhouse.com.
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(502) 614-5997
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