A bourbon under our own name, on our own terms.
It started with a question we kept coming back to: what would it look like if we made it ourselves? That question carried through years of import work, federal approvals, a build-out, and finally — on New Year's Eve, 2020 — the first barrel.
Today the still runs on our schedule. We distill, we age, we bottle. The brand carries our name because the work carries our hands.
The strategist. Brought us together around a single idea: open a distillery, and own it.
The builder. Runs the rickhouse, the bottling line, and every barrel that leaves the warehouse.
The closer. Keeps the books straight so the bourbon can stay slow.
“We fill every barrel.— V., B., & C.
We label every bottle.
The name on the front means something.”
Brough Brothers begins in the United Kingdom as a bourbon import/export business.
The brothers establish a U.S. presence and start planning the distillery.
The Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approves Brough Brothers Distillery.
Kentucky recognizes Brough Brothers as the first African American-owned distillery in the state's 228-year history.
Brough Brothers distills and fills its first barrel of bourbon — on New Year's Eve.
The distillery opens its doors. Production scales from one barrel a week toward ten.
The bourbon is on shelves in 90+ locations. The brothers are still on the floor.
Five-day open fermentation. Copper pot still. Time in oak that can't be hurried. We let the bourbon decide when it's ready.
Small batches mean we taste every barrel before it goes out. If it doesn't measure up, it doesn't carry our name.
We fill, age, and bottle every barrel ourselves. No co-packing. No outsourcing. The label says it because we did it.
Tours Thursday through Saturday. Pour one with us.
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