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.
[this is a piece I did for another website – to read the rest visit Examiner.]