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Today some of our whiskies contain whiskies distilled at those distilleries. After a multi-year construction effort, the historic James E. Pepper Distillery—which after fifty years of neglect had fallen into a terrible state of disrepair—was completely rebuilt and restored.
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JAMES E. PEPPER A Horseman Of International Fame. Colonel...
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The Pepper family dates its American distilling experience to 1780, right in the heart of the Revolutionary War. James’s grandfather was Elijah Pepper, who founded a distillery in Versailles which is now home to Woodford Reserve. James’s father, Oscar Pepper, inherited the distillery and rebranded it “Old Oscar Pepper”. On May 18, 1850, James was b...
By the 1890s, the Pepper name was known among the wealthy and elite throughout the United States. Furthermore, his decisions influenced the way we drink bourbon even to this day. The Pepper Distillery in 1894 / Photo Credit: James E. Pepper Frustrated with Kentucky laws requiring distilleries to sell exclusively by the barrel, he took a stand. In 1...
Fifty years later in 2008, the founder of the Georgetown Trading Co.—a producer of specialty whiskeys and alcoholic beverages based in Washington, D.C.—Amir Peay acquired the rights to the nearly forgotten brand. Amir Peay / Photo Credit: James E. Pepper Peay— an avid history buff—traces his own family whiskey legacy to the early days of the Republ...
“Getting the building back was something I thought about all along,” Peay says. “That was my first goal and intention.” The Pepper still room today / Photo Credit: James E. Pepper As a result of urban infill development, the area that was once home to the massive James E. Pepper distillery complex had evolved into a major Lexington nightlife hotspo...
Peay describes himself as a “steward of the brand” and said he’ll use the distillery to “tell the story of the Pepper brand”. The redesign of the distillery was done with visitors in mind, allowing access to the entire process in a logical flow. The Pepper Distillery today / Photo Credit: James E. Pepper The distillery will also house a small museu...
Jan 17, 2020 · We explore the comeback of James E. Pepper with new owner Amir Peay, who talks about rebuilding a historic distillery from the ground-up, the legacy he loves and why boxing led to him a whisky-soaked revival.
He was the third generation in the Pepper family to produce Old Pepper whiskey, founded in 1780 during the American Revolution. His namesake distillery in Lexington was at one point the largest whiskey distillery in the United States, operating from 1880 until 1967, when it was abandoned along with the brand for over 50 years.
2 days ago · The James E. Pepper Distillery, along with George T. Stagg and other operations, were bought by the Cincinnati-based Schenley Products in the mid-1930s, and soon became part of the biggest distilling concern in America.
