Who owns Bulleit Bourbon?
Bulleit Bourbon is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey produced at the Bulleit Distillery in Lebanon, Kentucky, and the Bulleit Distillery in Shelbyville, Kentucky, for the Diageo beverage conglomerate. It is characterized by a high rye content for bourbon and is aged at least six years. Who owns Rye Whiskey? Bulleit Bourbon dates back…
Bulleit Bourbon is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey produced at the Bulleit Distillery in Lebanon, Kentucky, and the Bulleit Distillery in Shelbyville, Kentucky, for the Diageo beverage conglomerate. It is characterized by a high rye content for bourbon and is aged at least six years.
Who owns Rye Whiskey?
Bulleit Bourbon dates back to 1836 when Augustus Bulleit was a bartender in Louisville, Kentucky, and made his mission to craft distill his perfect brand of Rye Whiskey. His whiskey became a local favorite and was written about on a few occasions in the local paper The Louisville Daily Journal. Legend has said that one spring in the early 1860’s that Augustus was escorting his annual shipment of whiskey down to the commercial port of New Orleans, Louisiana, and disappeared off the face of the earth.
Additionally, Bulleit Bourbon is one of the top ten-selling Bourbons in the United States. Bulleit Bourbon is wholly owned by international spirit giant Diageo. Bulleit was part of the sale in December 2000 when Diageo bought many of Seagram’s former Brands. Diageo is headquartered in London, England. Bulleit/Diageo in March 2017 spent 115 million dollars to purchase 300 acres of land just outside Louisville in Shelbyville, Kentucky.
