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Regeneration Distilling Company, a Class B craft distillery, is located at 31 E. Broadway Street. 

On the morning of Monday, July 15, the company made history when their first case of whiskey and moonshine was delivered. 

“What we’re going to be doing today is…[delivering] our very first order of three cases of our Boone settlement, tobacco barn aged whiskey and our sweet potato moonshine,” said Ben Pasley, CEO of Mt. Folly Farm Enterprises, Inc. “We’re making our first delivery to Bill’s Carry Out.” 

Mt. Folly Farm Enterprises is the parent company of both Regeneration Distilling Company, and Laura’s Mercantile at 1 S. Main Street. 

Owned and operated by Laura Freeman, Mt. Folly Farm – located at 3581 Schollsville Road – produces the drink. 

“We age the whiskey there on…that cabin farm right behind it,” Pasley said. “[At] another barn further back, we have more storage.” 

The opportunity was made possible by Senate Bill 50, which amended Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 243.0305. 

As a result, among other points, the statute will now “allow a craft distiller to self-distribute up to 5,000 gallons of distilled spirits per year directly to a licensed retailer…direct the distiller to register, deliver, report, and pay all applicable taxes on self-distributed distilled spirits…[and] allow a distiller to extend credit to a retailer for up to 30 days from the invoice date.” 

As a top customer, Bill’s Carry Out – located at 731 N. Maple Street – was a dependable selection for delivery. 

“When we talked last week [and said] that we would get to have this option, [the owner] was more than excited to be able to collaborate with us,” Pasley noted. “[They] get a lot of interstate traffic that just hops off the interstate and stops and says, ‘Hey, what can I get here that I know I can’t get anywhere else?’. [They’re] able to offer our spirits as the most unique thing in a little Winchester liquor store.” 

Yet that’s not all. 

Not only were the spirits delivered, but such took place in a 1926 Model A “Moonshiner’s Truck”, with jugs and antiques fitting for the time period.

“During Prohibition…moonshiners would have used trucks like this”, Pasley said. “Not only were these work trucks, but they ran liquor in them too. We don’t know the whole story of this truck, but we’d like to think that maybe it had a colored past.” 

A video to celebrate the occasion was even made, thanks in part to drone footage, and can be found at https://www.facebook.com/Regenerationdistillery/posts/pfbid02Ks2CvLpQbbg5tLAwsY8PQDMPyg4BrLbyqjhVsRxj9WSC9LGRq4zj4EpsdjvuiQddl. 

With the developments taking place both at present and in the future, Pasley sees the accomplishment as exciting. 

“It’s something that we’re really passionate about,” he said.