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Sazerac Company

Sazerac Company

Beverages 🏭 Expanding
Louisville, KY · Private
Sazerac is actively pursuing major consolidation in the spirits industry, with a reported $15B takeover bid for Brown-Forman (Jack Daniel's owner) currently being explored. The company continues to expand its portfolio through acquisitions, recently adding Western Son Vodka and its distillery to its 300+ brand portfolio.
📢 Sazerac acquired Western Son Vodka and its distillery, expanding manufacturing and brand portfolio capacity.

Sazerac Company is a privately held American alcoholic beverage company that produces, bottles, and markets a portfolio of roughly 300 spirits brands including bourbon, whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and brandy. Its flagship brands include Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, and Barton 1792 Bourbon.

Employees
5,000
Mfg Plants
10
All Facilities
14
Activity
8/10
Type
Private

Plant Locations (14 mapped)

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Manufacturing Plants (10)

Northwest Ordinance Distilling
New Albany, IN
460,000 sq ft spirits processing, blending, packaging, and distribution facility on 58-acre former General Mills/Pillsbury site (acquired 2018). Has grown to 14 bottling lines with over 350 employees after multiple expansions totaling over $200M.
Barton 1792 Distillery
Bardstown, KY
Historic bourbon distillery established 1879; produces 1792 Bourbon, Very Old Barton, Kentucky Tavern, and other whiskeys. Part of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
Cumberland Cooperage / Robinson Stave (Laurel County)
East Bernstadt, KY
Barrel cooperage facility in Laurel County acquired by Sazerac in 2014 as Robinson Stave / Cumberland Cooperage. A $600M expansion program announced in 2022 includes 72,000 sq ft cooperage expansion plus ~20 new barrel storage warehouses at nearby Rowland Acres Industrial Park (W. Hwy 192, London, KY) to support aging whiskey production.
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Frankfort, KY
Sazerac's flagship distillery on 432 acres; produces Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Blanton's, Pappy Van Winkle, W.L. Weller, and Sazerac Rye bourbons/whiskeys. A $1.2 billion expansion completed in early 2025 more than doubled capacity to over 500,000 barrels/year. National Historic Landmark.
The Glenmore Distillery (Owensboro Bottling)
Owensboro, KY
Large bottling plant (no longer distilling since ~2009); bottles Mr. Boston, Fleischmann's, Firefly RTD cocktails, 99 Brand, Chi-Chi's, and other Sazerac spirits brands. Employs ~173 workers on two shifts.
Sazerac House
New Orleans, LA
Historic flagship distillery and museum at the corner of Canal and Magazine Streets; produces small-batch spirits and serves as the company's original corporate identity site and visitor center.
Iron Bull Distillery (formerly Barton Brands of Maryland)
Baltimore, MD
Spirits bottling and distribution facility in Halethorpe area; renamed Iron Bull Distillery in March 2022 to honor local B&O railroad heritage. Acquired by Sazerac in 2008; handles rail and truck distribution of Sazerac brands.
1820 Spirits (Boston Brands of Maine)
Lewiston, ME
Spirits bottling and production facility on 10 acres with seven bottling lines; employs 270+ workers. Produces Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, Southern Comfort, Wheatley Vodka, Myers's Rum, Mr. Boston brandies, and other Sazerac brands. Acquired from Beam Inc. in 2013.
AJ Bond Distillery
La Vergne, TN
Sazerac's Tennessee whiskey facility; uses dual-distillation process (pot and column stills). Formally named AJ Bond Distillery in 2026 with its flagship Tennessee Whiskey debuting that year. Origins trace to 2016 acquisition of Popcorn Sutton distillery assets; relocated to La Vergne in 2019.
A. Smith Bowman Distillery
Fredericksburg, VA
Virginia's oldest distillery; produces Abraham Bowman, John J. Bowman, and Virginia Gentleman bourbons and whiskeys using a unique double-distillation process. Acquired by Sazerac in 2003.

Other Facilities (4)

Barton Brands of California
Carson, CA · distribution
West Coast spirits warehousing and distribution center; handles LTL, FTL, intermodal, and rail shipments. Serves as Sazerac's primary California distribution hub.
Sazerac Jeffersonville Distribution Center
Jeffersonville, IN · distribution
Major distribution hub and warehouse facility; handles LTL and FTL spirits distribution 24/7. Described as one of Sazerac's newest facilities in the manufacturing/distribution network.
County Line Distillery (Bardstown Distribution)
Bardstown, KY · distribution
Major spirits warehousing and distribution center in Bardstown serving Sazerac's Kentucky operations; accepts LTL, FTL, and intermodal shipments.
Sazerac Company Principal Office (Exchange Place / Linn Station)
Louisville, KY · hq
Principal corporate headquarters housing finance, administrative, IT, marketing, HR, and operations teams. Sazerac relocated its principal office here in 2009.