Hardin County Bourbon distillery plans expansion

After opening only last year, Boundary Oak Distillery – the first Bourbon distillery in Kentucky’s Hardin County for 100 years – is expanding with the construction of a second site.

The distillery began producing Bourbon in November last year after its owners received a federal permit. Before then, Bourbon had not been legally distilled in Hardin County since the 1890s.

WBKO now reports that Boundary Oak is expanding to a second site in the City of Radcliff to ramp up production. It will be used for distillation and storage and will also feature a visitors’ centre.

The first barrel of Boundary Oak Bourbon will be available in two years’ time, with the rest of the stock aged for a minimum of four years.

Owned by Brent Goodwin, who is also the company’s master distiller, Boundary Oak Distillery aims to eventually be included on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

The distillery’s first bottle of Bourbon reportedly sold at auction for US$25,000, two years before it is due to be released.

The number of distilleries in Kentucky has tripled in two years to the most seen since the repeal of Prohibition.

There are now 31 licensed distilleries in the state as result of the boom in demand for American whiskey, both from independent and large-scale producers.