Crafting a Family Distillery

by Jonathan McGaha | July 31, 2017 12:00 am

Metal roof tops award-winning craft distillery

Opened in Fall 2016, Jeptha Creed Distillery[1] in Shelbyville, Ky., is Shelby County’s first distillery for more than 100 years. Situated on 64 acres, the farm-to-bottle craft distillery is owned by the mother-daughter team of Joyce and Autumn Nethery.

Designed to be a major tourist stop, located just off exit 32 of Interstate 64, Jeptha Creed is part of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association[2], and features three different Bourbons made with heirloom Bloody Butcher Corn, as well as flavored and unflavored vodkas and moonshines.

The Netherly family worked with Joseph & Joseph Architects[3], Louisville, Ky., and Walters Buildings[4], Lawrenceburg, Ky., for a year on the budget and design for the distillery, which took approximately nine months to build. Cash Moter, partner and architect at Joseph & Joseph Architects, notes the firm has been designing distilleries since it was founded in 1908. “We really like the challenge that distilleries pose with the housing of a high hazard use with high occupancy uses like retail and event spaces,” he says. “The Nethery family was looking to create a fully functioning production facility with a unique one-of-a-kind event space.”

Endnotes:

1. Jeptha Creed Distillery: https://www.jepthacreed.com/
2. Kentucky Distillers’ Association: http://kybourbon.com/
3. Joseph & Joseph Architects: http://josephandjoseph.net/
4. Walters Buildings: http://www.waltersbuildings.com/
5. Dura Coat Products Inc.: http://duracoatproducts.com/
6. josephandjoseph.net: http://josephandjoseph.net/
7. www.waltersbuildings.com: http://www.waltersbuildings.com/
8. duracoatproducts.com: http://duracoatproducts.com/