As bourbon’s popularity has grown in recent years, so to have the names we associate with it: Jim Beam, Makers Mark, Four Roses.
But there’s one name that often goes largely unnoticed by bourbon drinkers: Vendome.
That’s the company that for generations has been making the copper distilling equipment that most big-name American distilleries use to make their bourbon.
WFPL’s Devin Katayama reports on this Louisville company that has grown with the bourbon industry and has a rich history in the city’s Butchertown neighborhood.
