Barton 1792 Founders

1.) Thomas S. Moore

2.) Oscar Getz

3.) Jack Beam

4.) Danny Kahn

5.) Benjamin F. Mattingly

6.) Frank Thompson

7.) William F. Friel

Barton/1792 makes iconic brand of bourbon such as 1792 and Very Old Barton. The Barton/1792 Distillery is the ninth largest bourbon distillery in the world and is located in the Bourbon Capital of the World Bardstown, Kentucky and produces 51 brands, labels and variations of Bourbon and North American Whiskey. Their eight standard bourbons brands that the most people will recognize make up 90%+ of their sales and marketing are; 1.) 1792; 2.) Very Old Barton; 3.) Kentucky Gentleman; 4.) Kentucky Tavern; 5.) Tom Moore; 6.) Ten High; 7.) Colonel Lee and 8.) Zachariah Harris. Barton/1792 was bought by the Sazerac Company in 2009 which is a family owned business headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The company traces its roots all the way back to 1879 when Ben Mattingly and Tom Moore built a new distillery on 80 acres in the city of Bardstown in 1879 calling it the Mattingly & Moore Distillery.