Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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Founded | 1999 |
Founder | Pearse Lyons |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Products | Beer, spirits |
Production output | 30,000 US beer barrels (3,500,000 L; 930,000 US gal; 770,000 imp gal) |
Owner | Alltech |
Website | http://www.kentuckyale.com/ |
Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company is a brewery and distillery based in Lexington, Kentucky founded in 1999 by Pearse Lyons, the president and founder of animal nutrition company Alltech.[1]
Alltech entered the beverage industry with the introduction of their Kentucky Ale. In 2012 the company opened its distillery and developed a line of spirits including Pearse Lyons Reserve, a malt whiskey, Bluegrass Sundown, a bourbon-infused coffee drink, and Town Branch Bourbon.[2][3]