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A boiler room at Buffalo Trace Distillery that was constructed during Prohibition courtesy of Buffalo Trace Distillery |
Franklin County, Ky.—For breweries and distilleries across the country this Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, is an important day to their heritage and their livelihood. It was 75 years ago that day that Prohibition ended, and these American makers of beers and bourbons will be celebrating their right to sell and manufacture alcohol for public consumption.
Buffalo Trace—a family-owned maker of bourbon, rye and vodka—will be hosting a new architecturally-based “Post Prohibition Bourbon Boom Tour” to mark the date. Visitors to Franklin County will learn about Buffalo Trace’s expansions and plans for the future as well as how distillery was one of four in the U.S. allowed to stay open during Prohibition. The distillery, which dates back to the late 1700s, made products that were deemed “medicinal” by the government and therefore was allowed to continue operating in the 1920s and ’30s. Buffalo Trace has since been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Call (502) 696-5926 for reservations for times and reservations for the free tour.— Hilary Solan
