Old Taylor sold - to be renovated...

[camduncan]

Someone posted a link to this on Facebook:

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/05/08/3233471/historic-woodford-county-distilleries.html

It looks like someone has purchased the Old Taylor property with the intention to renovate it. Would be nice to see it done right, that's for sure.

[WAINWRIGHT]

I'm ecstatic to hear such news and hopefully this once iconic symbol of bourbon history may be brought back to its former glory.

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Edited May 9, 2014 by WAINWRIGHT

[camduncan]

It also might explain why the guy in the red truck that used to chase people away was missing when a few of us visited during the Sampler weekend.

[mark fleetwood]

Would be great if the Old Crow investors could buy the brand from Beam (for a song) and bring it back to its long ago glory. New tagline has to be "Grant beat Lee with Old Crow by his side, who are you going to beat today?"

[Johnsona]

Took a tour there the other day with the new owners...gonna be very cool. Got very excited after hearing all their plans.

[The Black Tot]

It was only about 6 weeks ago that I saw this distillery for the first time. The question immediately struck us - "Why is this fabulous building not being revamped?"

I looked it up, and found it was for sale for 1.5M. But also that it had been purchased for 400K a long time ago. Out of our price range either way .

I can't wait to see this spring back to life. What an American gem of a building.

tbt

[mosugoji64]

This is great news, though I'm not really interested in their distilling plans. I always thought it was a shame that the facility was allowed to deteriorate and am excited to hear it's going to be preserved. If they make some good hooch along the way, that's icing on the cake.

[SMOWK]

It also might explain why the guy in the red truck that used to chase people away was missing when a few of us visited during the Sampler weekend.

This is too funny. He was yelling at Boatright when we were there during the Sampler. And then he was a nice guy all of the sudden when he realized we were there to admire.

[cowdery]

Years ago, there was a young graduate student at UK who developed a historic preservation plan for Old Taylor as her thesis. Her proposal was to restore it just enough to preserve it more-or-less as it is -- basically spruce it up and keep it from deteriorating further -- and market it as a historic site and tourist attraction.

These is real insofar as they have purchased the site and received some state economic development money based on their plans. The numbers they're talking suggest a micro-distillery, not a restoration of its former distilling capacity. I also doubt the claims that the still was the largest in Kentucky or that it's still there. If it is, it has essentially been sitting outside (most of the roofs there have failed) for the better part of 40 years, so it's useless.

I'm skeptical because, especially with this site, we've heard it all so many times before.

[shoshani]

I'm skeptical because, especially with this site, we've heard it all so many times before.

With Old Taylor, the story is always changing. This website from eight years ago mentioned having all the old-growth wood from unsalvageable warehouse buildings on the Taylor property being reclaimed and recycled as one of this outfit's projects. http://heartpinereserve.com/project_pg.html

[The Black Tot]

No great revival is possible without it's great skeptics to keep it on track.

Here's hoping the OT situation grows to earn the admiration of its primary skeptics.

tbt

[p_elliott]

The rickhouses have been gutted for the wood.