new kentucky tavern label

[tmckenzie]

I was in my favorite store yesterday and saw that Kentucky tavern has a new, one hell of an ugly label. This is what threw me off. Said bottled by glenmore distillery, Louisville. It gave sazeracs website on the side, which I know owns the label now, but are they getting somebody to bottle it in Loiusville?

[PaulO]

Isn't Kentucky Tavern the value brand from Barton (now owned by Sazerac)? It used to be the cheapest real bourbon I could find back in the '90s. Around here we only get the 80 proof. I have a BIB in my collection I got visiting KY. Now that I know a little about bourbon, I don't drink much KT. I'd still take it over blends, Canadian, or most Scotch.

[jburlowski]

Glenmore Distillery is owned by Sazerac. They do a lot of their bottling there.

[tmckenzie]

Glenmore is in Owensboro though, I thought.

[cowdery]

Glenmore is just a DBA for Sazerac.

Sazerac doesn't have any operations in Louisville but it has bottling houses in Owensboro, Bardstown, and Frankfort. The only bottling house in Louisville is Brown-Forman's, so if it says "Lousville, Kentucky," that's weird.

[tmckenzie]

I thought it was wierd as well, that is what puzzled me. Why would they bottle in Louisville, especially when they have one heck of a bottling line at Barton, and I have never seen one at BT, but I know they have one, then the one in Owenesboro. New square shaped bottle and one hell of an ugly label.

[p_elliott]

I thought it was wierd as well, that is what puzzled me. Why would they bottle in Louisville, especially when they have one heck of a bottling line at Barton, and I have never seen one at BT, but I know they have one, then the one in Owenesboro. New square shaped bottle and one hell of an ugly label.

They have 3 bottling lines at BT maybe 4 The 3 are 2 hand bottling lines that they bottle things like BTAC probably Pappy and Blanton's and other single barrel stuff. Then they have the big automated line.

[cowdery]

I've since found out that although Sazerac has no facility of any kind in Louisville, they can use "Sazerac Company, Louisville, KY" as a universal DBA and avoid printing all of their locations on every label. Nothing has really changed. KT is still bottled at Barton 1792 in Bardstown.

[callmeox]

Is this the label that you are talking about?

[tmckenzie]

can't see it. Says error.