It has been one heck of a year for the Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA), there is no doubt. The trade group for the bourbon industry now has more whiskey aging barrels then people in the state, a couple of new craft distilleries as part of one of its tours and new/expanded distilleries sprouting up like weeds. One of those fitting this latter category is Boone County Distilling, which is now the 28th member of the distillery guild.

Boone County, according to the KDA, is set in the Kentucky county of the same name and the first legal distillation in…