Bardstown Bourbon Company

Capacity doubled to three million proof gallons in 2017.¹ In April 2018 a second 50-foot still went in, beside a new building holding sixteen 12,500-gallon fermenters.⁵ That expansion prepared the distillery to reach nearly 7 million proof gallons.⁵ In 2019 it launched its own whiskeys, starting with Fusion Series #1, a blend of its two-year-old bourbon and rye with older bourbon from another Kentucky distillery.^2,10

In September 2019 the board named Mark Erwin, a board member and former US Army officer, chief executive in place of David Mandell.¹¹ Founder and chairman Peter Loftin died in November 2019.^3,11,12 In April 2021 a bottling plant opened beside the distillery, replacing the outside firm that had bottled its own and its partners' whiskey.^8,13,14 By then it made custom whiskey for more than 30 customers across 50 different mash bills, or grain recipes.^8,13,14 In March 2022 Pritzker Private Capital bought the company, including Constellation Brands' minority stake, and Erwin stayed on.^2,7,8

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