By 1785, when Bourbon County was formed, dozens (if not hundreds) of small farmer-distillers west of the Alleghenies made corn-based whiskies which they called 'bourbon', to distinguish them from the rye-based whiskies commonly distilled in the East.
Today Heaven Hill, Sazerac Company, Jim Beam, and Wild Turkey, among others, also produce rye whiskeys, as does a distillery at Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, which sells a version of the rye Washington made.
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Since 2004, bourbon and rye whiskey produced in Bardstown, Kentucky by Kentucky Bourbon Distillers has been sold under the Michter's label, currently owned by Chatham Imports, Inc.
Broadford was formerly the site of an A. Overholt and Company Distillery, maker of Old Overholt Rye Whiskey once run by Pittsburgh industrialist H. Clay Frick.