GREEN RIVER FLOW
Celebrating National Bourbon Day
Our favorite day of the year is almost here… National Bourbon Day, celebrated each year on June 14. This year, we’re inviting the local community to come celebrate with free tours all day long. About the tour: The site of the Green River Distillery has housed...
Green River’s Connection to the Local Landscape
A connection to nature and the local landscape is important to our team here at Green River, and we thought this Earth Day was a good time to celebrate and share a bit more about our commitment to sustainability. To start, we use 100% Kentucky-grown corn, most...
Teaching Old Bourbon New Tricks
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Thank goodness the same isn’t true for bourbon. While our distilling team is mainly focused on crafting bourbon the old-fashioned way, we also spend a good deal of time experimenting and trying new things. For us, there...
Cool Weather Cocktails
As the weather cools off here in Kentucky, we’re mixing things up with our bourbon cocktails and opting for comfort and warmth. Here are a couple cocktails to enjoy as the days get shorter and cooler. Cheers! Bourbon Maple Leaf Cocktail (Makes One Cocktail)...
ANNUAL CORN HARVEST
The start of fall means we’re in the midst of the annual corn harvest here in Daviess County. We’re starting to see bushels of the good stuff arriving daily by truck here at the distillery. You might be wondering – why is it we care so much about local corn? Well,...
Kentucky’s Stillage Competition
Bourbon is an important industry in Kentucky and its popularity has been great for the state in so many ways. From encouraging tourism via distillery visits and events and the Kentucky Bourbon Trail®, to overall increased production and jobs, the bourbon industry is...
Cocktails
In our opinion, there’s no wrong way to drink bourbon, only many right ways. This summer, we’ve been mixing up some delicious cocktails at the distillery. From classics like an Old Fashioned or Manhattan to creative seasonal recipes featuring fruits like pomegranate...
CELEBRATING NATIONAL BOURBON DAY
We’re not one to celebrate all of the national holidays you hear about these days. But when we heard National Bourbon Day was coming up, we decided this was a holiday we could get behind (even though technically we celebrate bourbon every day.) In honor of the...
KENTUCKY BOURBON TRAIL
Did you know we are a heritage member of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail? Because we’re on the western end, many visitors start or end their Kentucky Bourbon trail experience at our distillery. This summer, people are looking for fun experiences to book as they plan their...
ABOUT AARON KIZER, CREATIVE DIRECTOR
When you visit us in Owensboro, you’ll see incredible design all over the grounds of the distillery, including the giant “Whiskey Without Regrets” mural you’ll notice right away when you drive up. This is all thanks to our creative director and world-renowned artist...
SPOTLIGHT ON: KENTUCKY CORN
There’s a reason 95% of the bourbon in the world comes from Kentucky… and a big part of it is the high-quality corn grown here. At the Green River Distilling Co., we only use corn grown in our great state of Kentucky. In fact, most of the corn we use comes from our...
SPOTLIGHT ON: OUR DISTILLERY EXPERIENCE
We’re proud to be a heritage member of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, and also the Westernmost spot. While the past year has been anything but normal, we are still welcoming visitors for tours and tasting experiences, of course with special rules in place to help keep...
Owensboro, kentucky
We are proud members of the Owensboro business community and proud to be on the Official Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
