Kentucky Set To Get Yet Another New Bourbon Distillery

Plans call for Diageo to build a 1.8 million proof gallon distillery and six barrel storage warehouses in Shelby County, Kentucky.
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It isn’t every day you see a grand new distillery built in the United States. It is true that a lot of craft distilleries are popping up around the country, but they rarely have the capital to open a large scale operation in the vein of ones seen in Kentucky’s bourbon country. It is precisely in that region that spirits giant Diageo recently announced plans to drop $115 million over three years on a new whiskey operation.

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Nino Kilgore-Marchetti is the founder of The Whiskey Wash, an award-winning whiskey lifestyle website dedicated to informing and entertaining consumers about whisk(e)y globally. As a whisk(e)y journalist, expert, and judge, he has written extensively about the subject, been interviewed in various media outlets, and provided tasting input on many whiskeys at competitions.

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