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Gallrein is close to Louisville in a county that features multiple distilleries and a history of Confederate guerrilla violence during the Civil War.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

There are 125 licensed distilleries, according to state data, more than at any point since Prohibition’s repeal in 1933.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

“Our whisky distilleries are the jewel in Scotland’s crown,” Starmer said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Kentucky’s iconic breweries and distilleries have been suffering as of late, thanks to lingering fallout from the pandemic’s economic disruption, a decline in casual drinking among American youths, and the recent Canadian boycott.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

It also made sense to locate the giant storage tank in the North End, near the freight yards and wharves where the molasses could be poured into barrels and shipped to various distilleries.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler