Casey Jones Distillery is donating its first ever Barrel Pick Experience, which includes an entire barrel of its award-winning Kentucky Straight Bourbon, through an online auction with proceeds to help with tornado relief.
It’s part of the Kentucky Bourbon Benefit online auction to support Western Kentucky recovery and rebuilding efforts.
“People call me all the time asking if they can buy a whole barrel of our bourbon,” master distiller A.J. Jones said in a press release. “And here’s the opportunity …”
One barrel from the Christian County distillery will yield 200-plus 750ml bottles, and the winning bidder can get custom bottle labeling in addition to the barrel itself. The entire package is valued well over $10,000, the distillery said.
The online auction began Thursday and continues through Tuesday, Dec. 21. Items up for bidding can be viewed online.
As of 2:30 p.m. Sunday, bidding for the Casey Jones barrel and bourbon had reached $8.700.
The auction organizers are the Kentucky Distillers’ Association, Fred Minnick and Bourbon Crusaders.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
