Bulleit’s Ascent Boosted by New Distillery

Diageo is cutting the ribbon on its shiny, new $115 million Bulleit distillery today after more than two years of construction. The 300-acre Bulleit campus in Shelbyville, Kentucky includes four barrel houses (each capable of holding 55,000 barrels), and a 52-foot Vendome still that can produce around 750,000 cases annually.Having crossed the 1-million-case threshold, not all of the product can be made at the new distillery, says Ed Bello, US and global brand director for Bulleit. They will focus on