Welcome back to Great Day Live.
We are live this morning from the
Nelson County Fair sponsored by
Barton 1792 Distillery. Of course,
we're in the heart of bourbon country,
so it makes sense that of course bourbon
would play a role in the Nelson County Fair.
Barton 1792 Distillery is actually allowing
giveaway tickets for their employees to
come out to the fair later this week.
I'm with Alice Farmer right now
with Barton 1792 Distillery.
It's great that you guys are a part of
the fair. It's like kind of a given.
Why not? So we love to
be a part of the community.
That's something that we're really pushing.
So we thought what better way to be
a part of it than joining the fair.
So sponsoring a night and really
getting our employees out here to the
fair and actually experiencing it and
bringing all the into Nelson County.
Love it and and
you know I just drove past your distillery
on the way into the Nelson County Fair.
It is stunning and gorgeous.
I mean talk a little bit just about.
The beauty of it in the history of it, so
we've actually been in
that location since 1879.
It was the Frankie and Willett Distillery
before it became the Barton Distillery.
It's had several transitions over the years.
In about the 1940s is when it's
actually switched to the Barton Distillery.
I love that there's mystery behind why
the name changed in the dark of night.
Like nobody knows why it changed.
So Oscar gets actually owned this at
that time. Nobody is actually sure
of where the Barton name came from.
Like there's no like family
connection to it or anything,
not that we're aware of.
It could be somewhere in some
dark secrets, I'm not sure,
but not that we are aware of.
So it's a good little mystery that
we all like to play on a little bit.
So it's, it's fun, definitely love that
you brought some beautiful products
just show off here at the fair today.
What are the products that you
all distill out there with.
So our main spirit that
we are currently running,
which is part of our name
Martin 17. 22 is there, 1792 Bergen.
1792 is actually the year
that Kentucky became a state.
So that is where that came from.
What you're looking at is the different
expressions of 1792. So we have
some small batch bottled
and bonds, sweet wheat,
full proof, 12 years single barrel. Those
are the main ones. There are a few different
expressions that are no longer made.
They're kind of a
one-of-a-kind, very cool, very
neat. If you get to see those,
it's some of the most stunning bottles,
I mean out there, you know,
for collectors out there.
Alice, this is massive.
How big is this?
How big is that?
It's a 1.75. Geez.
Yeah. So that's, I guess that's what
you would call a handle technically.
And then this one right
here is a little different.
That one's not for retail.
It's more of what's sold to bars
and things like that, right.
And you have one, what signed by the
master distiller there on the end.
So this is our foolproof signed by Ross
Quinelson, he's our master distiller.
He's very awesome,
doing some great things for us,
specifically for the product
and for our distillery.
He's very involved in helping us get
in the community and things like that.
So he's great to have around. So,
and I mean you guys, I'm reading
like your history this morning.
You're the oldest distillery
in Bardstown. Yes, we are.
That's some serious bragging, right.
So the Burba capital of World Bardstown,
KY, you're the oldest.
Yes, we are.
We're very proud of that.
We kind of like to claim
the hometown distillery.
So that's why we're trying to be.
Super involved in our hometown
and be a part of the Nelson County
Fair and really get out there
and and enjoy it like we should.
Well, like John Fig brought up at
the beginning of the broadcast,
he said you know without corn and
ag there is no bourbon, right.
We need all those products.
So it's great that you guys are out here,
you all do not do.
You don't have like tours per se that
are open to the public but you are
available for those private tours. We
do a single barrel select program and
that's how we would engage in that.
We don't do a whole lot of.
Tours right now.
So it is all private tours, right?
Nothing to the public.
Can people rent out your
location for weddings and special
events? No, not really.
We don't really have the space
for that right now. But private
event, if you want that private tour for
that special event like that, you can do.
It would be more so for the single barrel.
For the single barrel, Absolutely.
All right. So if you want to connect
with everybody at Barton 1792 Distillery,
just go to 1792 distillery.com,
Check out all their brands of bourbon,
of course, and their big day happening
here at the fair later this week.
Alice, thank you so much.
Thanks to everybody at Barton 1792 for
sponsoring Great Day Lives coverage
here at the Nelson County Fair.