Medium & Craft Distillery Founders

The Bluegrass Region

1.) Dr. Pearse Lyons, Town Branch

2.) Elijah Pepper, Labot & Graham

3.) Oscar Pepper, Labrot & Graham

4.) Jim Rutledge, Cream of Kentucky

5.) Dr. Patrick Heist, Wilderness Trail

6.) Marianne Eaves, Castle & Key

7.) Shane Baker, Wilderness Trail

8.) Amir Peay, James E. Pepper

9.) Mark Coffman, Town Branch

Dr. Pearse Lyons

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Elijah Pepper

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Oscar Pepper

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Jim Rutledge

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Dr. Patrick Heist

In February 2013 Dr. Heist once again with partner Shane Baker founded Wilderness Trail distillery which has become one of the fastest growing bourbon distilleries in the world. Wilderness Trail distillery produces numerous bourbons including both high rye and wheated bourbons and rye whiskey using their own proprietary yeast strains. They use an infusion mashing process that is proprietary to Wilderness Trail.

Marianne Eaves

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Shane Baker

Shane has a long lineage in the distilling industry in Kentucky starting in the 1940’s when Dorris Ballard his grandmother met Hubert Ballard his grandfather at the Kentucky River Distillery at the young ages of 14 and 16. Doris retired from the famed Stitzel-Weller distillery after more than 50 years in the bourbon industry.

Amir Peay

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Mark Coffman

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