Hi folks,

Chet Zoeller here. I started this website as a way to continue a conversation that I'd like to have about the history of bourbon and distilleries all across Kentucky. I've spent the past few years trying to research and uncover a lot of information about the thousands of brands and distillers that have existed at some point in the last 200 years in any of the five districts of the state, from the farmhouse mashers to the major industrial concerns. It's a labor of love, I'm afraid, and I recently compiled everything I've discovered so far in a hardcover volume titled Bourbon in Kentucky: The History of Distilleries in Kentucky, published by Butler Books. But I also wanted to keep learning more, and I wanted to see if anyone out there had any new information they could offer to keep the memories of these distillers alive, and to add to the archive, so to speak, of this noble and wonderful enterprise we call bourbon distilling.

So do you have any information about the history of distilleries in Kentucky? Contact me via e-mail or right here on this site, and let's keep the conversation going!

--Chet