Barton Brands
Distilled spirits and liquors brand
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Barton Brands, Ltd. was a company that produced a variety of distilled beverages and liqueurs and is now part of the Sazerac Company, which is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has its principal offices in Louisville, Kentucky. The Barton distillery, currently known as the Barton 1792 distillery, was originally established in 1879, and is located in Bardstown, Kentucky.
Some of Barton's better-known brands and products have included the 1792 Bourbon, Kentucky Tavern, and Very Old Barton bourbons; Fleischmann's, Skol and Wave Vodkas; the 99 line of schnapps (99 Apples, 99 Bananas, etc.); Calypso and Barton rums; Capitan, El Toro and Montezuma tequilas and Mr. Boston and Fleischmann's gins.
In 1993, Barton was acquired by Canandaigua Wine Company, later Constellation Brands. In 2009, Constellation sold Barton to the Sazerac Company.{{Citation |last=Lawrence |first=Keith |title=Constellation Spirits sold in Sazerac deal |newspaper=Messenger-Inquirer |date=January 13, 2009 |url=http://edc.owensboro.com/documents/ConstellationSpiritssold.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320115514/http://edc.owensboro.com/documents/ConstellationSpiritssold.pdf |archivedate=March 20, 2009
List of products
Bourbons
- 1792 Bourbon (formerly called Ridgewood Reserve 1792 and 1792 Ridgemont Reserve)
- Thomas S. Moore Extended Cask Finish
- Very Old Barton
- Tom Moore
- Kentucky Gentleman
- Kentucky Tavern
- Colonel Lee
- Wolcott
- Kirkland Signature Bottled In Bond
- Member's Mark
- Zackariah Harris
- Flatboat
Blended American whiskey
- Barton
- Fleischmann's
- Imperial
- Old Thompson
- Ten High
Canadian whisky
- Barton's Canadian
- Canadian Host
- Canadian LTD
- Canadian Supreme
- Mr. Boston Five Star Canadian
- Northern Light Canadian
Scotch whisky
- Highland Mist
- House of Stuart
- Inver House
- Lauder's
- Vittoria Clan
Whisky liqueur
Gin
- Barton
- Crystal Palace
- Czarina
- Fleischmann's
- Glenmore
- Mr. Boston
- Mr. Boston Riva
- Pikeman
- Skol
Mezcal
- Monte Alban
Rum
- Barton
- Calypso
- Fleischmann's
- Mr. Boston
- Skol
Schnapps
- 99 Schnapps (various flavor variations – apple, banana, black cherry, etc.)
- Barton Peach
- Mr. Boston
Tequila and triple sec
- Capitan
- El Toro
- Montezuma
- Barton Tequila & Triple Sec
- Chi-Chi's Tequila & Triple Sec
Vodka
- Fleischmann's Vodka
- Barton
- Crystal Palace
- Coulson's
- Czarina
- Glenmore
- Mr. Boston
- Skol
- Wave Flavors
The Barton 1792 Distillery
The distillery currently known as the Barton 1792 distillery was originally established in 1879. As of June 2018, it comprises 51 buildings – most of which are rickhouses for barrel aging.
Rickhouse collapse in 2018
In June and July 2018 one of the 29 rickhouses at the Barton 1792 Distillery collapsed in two stages. The rickhouse had a storage capacity of about 20,000 barrels, The facility had a 12 ft deep basement to help contain spills, but some bourbon and brandy leaked into the nearby Withrow Creek and Beech Fork River, and about 800–1000 fish were killed. The building had been constructed in the 1940s, Sazerac was given a notice of state law violation for the spill and for failure to properly notify the authorities. About two weeks later, on July 4, 2018, the remainder of the building collapsed. No one was injured in either collapse.
References
References
- Lazarus, George. (April 29, 1993). "Deal Is Uncorked For Barton Brands". [[Chicago Tribune]].
- (10 December 2020). "Barton 1792's New Thomas S. Moore Bourbons Go the Extended Cask Finishing Route".
- "Flatboat Bourbon – Liquor Barn".
- "El Toro Tequila". [[Sazerac Company]].
- "Coulsons Vodka". [[Sazerac Company]].
- (June 23, 2018). "Kentucky warehouse collapses, sending thousands of whiskey barrels crashing to the ground".
- Costello, Darcy. (June 25, 2018). "Hundreds of fish killed in leak from bourbon warehouse collapse".
- (June 22, 2018). "9,000 barrels of bourbon fall in Kentucky distillery building collapse".
- Ansari, Maira. (June 25, 2018). "1,000 fish killed: Bourbon distiller given state violation notice for pollution after warehouse collapse". [[WAVE-TV]].
- (July 4, 2018). "The rest of the Barton bourbon warehouse collapsed. Here's what we know". [[Louisville Courier-Journal]].
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