Bourbon Boom Keeps Lawyers Busy

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Distilleries across Kentucky are not only thriving but multiplying and as a result, other Kentucky industries are thriving right along with them.

From the hospitality industry—which serves meals, offers lodging and fills bourbon glasses—to the construction industry that does its best to keep pace with plans for new and larger distilleries, the ripple reaches from border to border.

Another sector that is very much tied to the bourbon boom is legal services.

In 2022, bourbon distilling in Kentucky saw more than $2.1 billion in new investments and approximately 700 new jobs. Gov. Andy Beshear took note of the flow of projects in December as he helped Buffalo Trace Distillery celebrate the filling of its 8-millionth barrel. That distillery alone has increased its production by 50% and is in the midst of a $1.2 billion expansion that includes 14 new rickhouses, an expanded visitors center, 12 new fermenters and other production equipment, much of which is already in place.

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