Wilderness Trail expansion ‘close’ to completion
Wilderness Trail Distillery’s US$3.5 million distillery expansion project is “getting close to being finished”, the Kentucky-based Bourbon, rye whiskey, rum and vodka producer has said.
Wilderness Trail opened in Danville in 2013, and is in the process of expanding into a 21-acre lot.
The team this week took delivery of new 4,000 gallon fermenters, a cool tank and a beer well from Vendome Copper & Brass Works.
A new 40-foot column still will be delivered next week.
“We should be producing around 12 barrels a day by 1 May, a big increase from our current one barrel of bourbon a day. Concrete for the new warehouse is being poured as we type,” the team said in a statement.
In addition to the distillery expansion, a new 8,000+ barrel rickhouse will be built this summer.
The new site came with the historic Willis Grimes House, built in 1859. Wilderness Trail is renovating the property, which will act as a gift shop and tasting room.
Wilderness Trail Distillery is part of the The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour, which welcomed two new members in 2015.
