Louisville, Ky. – Despite a fire earlier in month in neighboring Whiskey Row buildings, Brown-Forman Corp. announced it would proceed with the groundbreaking of its $45 million Old Forester Distillery next week.
The announcement for the groundbreaking says a ceremony is planned for 11 a.m. July 22 at 117 and 119 Main Street, where the distillery will be located. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, Old Forester President Campbell Brown and Brown-Forman Master Distiller Chris Morris are scheduled to be in attendance.
The historic buildings were built around 1857 and used for warehousing barrels of whiskey produced at numerous distilleries in the areas. At least nineteen distillers, wholesalers, and other whiskey-related businesses called this block of West Main Street home. By the mid-1870s, this stretch of Main Street was known as “Whiskey Row.”
The Old Forester Distillery will include fermentation, distilling, barrel making, filling and dumping, and bottling. The new distillery will allow the company to double its current production of Old Forester.
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