Taking a Trip on the Wilderness Trail

Kentucky’s Wilderness Trail Distillery has grown over the last
decade from a small barrel-a-day distillery to become one of the
nation’s largest Bourbon distilleries. Dr. Pat Heist and Shane
Baker founded Wilderness Trail as an offshoot of Ferm Solutions,
their consulting business that works with distillers and brewers
around the world. This week on WhiskyCast In-Depth, we’ll talk
with Pat Heist about the origin of Wilderness Trail — in a rock
band, of all places, and the circumstances that led to their
decision to sell the distillery to Campari in late 2022. In the
news, Laphroaig is planning a major expansion, while whisky
auction prices have yet to recover from recent declines.