The Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company was organized in 2013, by Diageo, the world’s largest spirits company, as a vehicle for commercializing a large stock of ultra-aged American whiskeys that it had maturing at the Stitzel-Weller distillery in Shively Kentucky. Although the company is relatively young, its whiskeys have deep roots in the storied and convoluted history of American whiskey.

Read the full article on Huffington Post here: Orphan Barrel: An American Whiskey Story

[The Orphan Barrel whiskey lineup Photo courtesy Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company.]