Kentucky · Tennessee · Indiana · and beyond
Every bourbon has a family.
Most labels won't tell you whose.
Six conglomerates own most of the shelf. Dozens of “craft” brands share the same stills. Trace the lines yourself — ownership, distillation, sourcing, and the history behind each one.
147
Brands
74
Distilleries
61
Parent companies
394
Relationships
The interactive tree
Follow a bottle to its still
Start with the parent companies. Click one to drop down to the distilleries it owns, then click a distillery to reveal the brands made there. Amber lines are production, gold is ownership, dashed copper is sourced whiskey.
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Did you know?
Nearly a dozen well-known “independent” labels are filled with whiskey distilled at a single Indiana plant.
See the sourcing web →Distillery Explorer
Twenty-seven working plants, from Bourbon Trail giants to contract houses filling other people's labels.
Browse distilleries →Map Explorer
Kentucky's whiskey corridor plotted end to end, plus the Tennessee and Indiana outliers that matter.
Open the map →Sourced Whiskey
Which non-distiller producers buy their liquid, and from whom — with confidence levels on every claim.
Follow the barrels →