Sazerac Company, owner of Buffalo Trace Distillery, announced today the acquisition of the Popcorn Sutton Distillery in Newport, Tennessee. John Lunn and Allisa Henley, both of George Dickel background, will once again be distilling Tennessee Whiskey under the new ownership.
Expect a deluge of Tennessee Whiskey on the shelves in the next few years; over a dozen Tennessee distillers are currently producing and aging the product.
[…] the purchase of 55 idyllic acres in Middle Tennessee. This new site is the future home of all Sazerac of Tennessee operations and warehousing, eventually relocating both equipment and aging whiskey barrels from the […]
[…] entered Tennessee whiskey in 2016 with the acquisition of the Popcorn Sutton distillery facility, keeping the production team led by Henley and Lunn and continuing to invest in the operation over […]