Buffalo Trace completes flood clean-up
After enduring floods earlier this month, Frankfort-based Buffalo Trace Distillery is scaling up its visitor offerings.
The Buffalo Trace Distillery continues to inch closer to resuming normal operations after closing earlier this month due to flooding.
Campus-wide clean up efforts have been completed, and restoration has been ramped up inside impacted buildings.
The successful reopening of a modified visitor experience has allowed the distillery to increase its guest offerings.
“Welcoming visitors back to Buffalo Trace Distillery is more than encouraging, it’s an overwhelming joy we share with fans who visit us,” Sazerac CEO and president Jake Wenz said.
“The support of the community has provided strength to our teams, and I am so proud of our team members’ hard work and dedication these past few weeks. As our teams and contractors make essential repairs, we are close to resuming normal operations.”
Starting from Tuesday 22 April, the distillery has moved its limited retail experience to the second floor of the visitor centre. This will allow a regular check-in process to resume inside the Freehouse building, and provide expanded retail and tasting options. Those visiting will be limited to the visitor centre, and no walk-up retail or tour experiences are currently being offered at this time.
The distillery will close on Monday 28 April to allow for retail operations to further expand onto the first floor of the visitor centre.
Over the coming weeks, reservations will be required for all guests visiting the distillery, which is anticipating heightened traffic ahead of Derby Week in early May.
As flood clean up and restoration has progressed, many businesses in downtown Frankfort have opened for business.
Buffalo Trace will be announcing details of an online charity auction featuring some of the distillery’s most sought-after Bourbons to aid in statewide relief efforts.
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