Bluegrass Distillers sits on a working farm in Midway, Kentucky, where founders John Caudill and Justin Thompson turned their passion for Kentucky bourbon into a farm-to-bottle operation in 2013. The distillery operates out of a restored barn on Elkwood Farm, where they grow their own corn and source other grains locally. What started as two friends experimenting with small batches has grown into a legitimate craft distillery that combines traditional Kentucky bourbon-making with modern small-batch techniques. They produce bourbon, rye whiskey, and seasonal spirits using a combination of pot stills and column stills, keeping production deliberately small to maintain quality control. The farm setting gives the whole operation an authentic Kentucky feel that you won’t find at the bigger commercial distilleries down the road in Versailles or Frankfort.