The Kentucky Distilling Industry by the Numbers

Dear Client: This week the Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) released its seventh report since 2009 sizing up the economic and fiscal impacts of the distilling industry across the Bluegrass State.  The first KDA report from 2009, which examined 2008 metrics, identified 19 distilling establishments across eight counties in the Commonwealth, supporting about 3,000 jobs. As of 2022, there are now 100 distilling establishments across 42 counties, with Kentucky distillers directly employing about 7,000 people.  The most recent study, which was