Spirits · Bardstown, Kentucky

Lux Row Distillers

The Bardstown bourbon distillery behind Ezra Brooks, Rebel and Blood Oath.

Founded: 2018
Based in: Bardstown, Kentucky

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Their story

Lux Row Distillers sits in Bardstown, Kentucky, a few miles from some of the oldest names in bourbon. It was built by Luxco, a St. Louis spirits company, to give its whiskey brands a home of their own after years of being made at other distilleries.

The distillery filled its first barrel in January 2018 and opened its visitor center that spring as a stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Longtime Luxco head distiller John Rempe, creator of Blood Oath, led production.

In 2021 MGP Ingredients agreed to buy Luxco, Lux Row included, for $475 million. The distillery now makes bourbons such as Ezra Brooks, Rebel, David Nicholson and Blood Oath.

How it's made

Lux Row runs a 36-inch column still and twelve 8,000-gallon fermenters, with capacity for more than a million proof gallons a year. Barrels age in rickhouses on the Bardstown site, with room planned for more. The setup allows for new recipes, including wheated whiskey.

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