The Farm Distillery Project
The Farm Distillery project represents the small farm-scale distilling activities of early Kentucky, before mass production.
An Age-Old Process
Making whiskey from excess corn and other grains was one of the best ways to preserve the crop, and was almost universally done on Kentucky estates like Locust Grove. Kentucky’s whiskey had not yet developed into the now distinct Bourbon. While some of the elements were there, Locust Grove’s whiskey was likely white and unaged, never having touched the inside of a barrel.
