The Barton Rumors.

[Josh]

Interesting. I understand the desire to reduce clutter, but you'd think advertising something that encourages travel into the city would be welcomed.

Did they tell you the story about the giant bourbon barrel? According to Pam, it was moved to Barton after a lady complained about it being positioned right at one of the roads into town. "We don't want our town known for just bourbon!":lol:

Because Stephen Foster: The Musical is an international phenomenon.

RIP Rascal

[Bourbon Boiler]

Did they tell you the story about the giant bourbon barrel? According to Pam, it was moved to Barton after a lady complained about it being positioned right at one of the roads into town. "We don't want our town known for just bourbon!":lol:

Because Stephen Foster: The Musical is an international phenomenon.

RIP Rascal

I caught half of the story. It was being told as I was trying to direct our late arrival in.

[Flyfish]

The Village of Bardstown is notoriously restrictive about signs, which may be why the official entrance was hard to find. They even give people a hard time about signs on their own property.

[mosugoji64]

A friend of mine just found a bottle of Barton with Frankfort as the address on the label instead of Bardstown/Owensboro. Was there a period of time when VOB was distilled at BT?

[cowdery]

Nope. Most likely that's a new bottle. The label location usually indicates where bottled and companies often list all of the locations where something might be bottled. Sazerac now has five bottling facilities.

[mosugoji64]

Nope. Most likely that's a new bottle. The label location usually indicates where bottled and companies often list all of the locations where something might be bottled. Sazerac now has five bottling facilities.

Thanks for the info! That clears up the Bardstown/Owensboro labeling as well.

[Josh]

Rumors are swirling around again, this time in the Sampler thread. According to Chuck's blog entry at the beginning of this thread, Barton-1792 was supposed to distill from Nov 2011 until last month. According to some of the chatter in that thread, that never happened.

So is it now time to panic?:bigeyes:

[White Dog]

Maybe not panic, but it won't hurt to pick up a few extra handles of Fleischmann's Rye.:grin: :grin:

[cowdery]

You're our main Fleischmann's Rye mule, so it's on you.

[tmckenzie]

I was told they distilled until the first of March and then shut down.

[cowdery]

Not only has Barton been distilling, they started earlier and went longer than originally planned. The original plan was to start in December and run until February, but when the date got closer their forecasts were upped so instead they started in October and ran until March. The current plan calls for them to distill again in the fall but no date has been set. They are still open for tours on their normal Monday-Saturday schedule.

[Josh]

Not only has Barton been distilling, they started earlier and went longer than originally planned. The original plan was to start in December and run until February, but when the date got closer their forecasts were upped so instead they started in October and ran until March. The current plan calls for them to distill again in the fall but no date has been set. They are still open for tours on their normal Monday-Saturday schedule.

Great news! Thanks for the information Chuck & Tom.