Heritage Distilling Company, Inc. is expanding into the Kentucky market in partnership with Keg 1 River City, a distributor of beer, wine and spirits in Kentucky.

In addition, the brand’s products will begin distribution in Western Colorado through a partnership with Innermountain Distributing Co.

Heritage’s suite of spirits now offered in Kentucky includes: Cocoa Bomb, Salute Series’ D-Day Land, Air and Sea, and ARMY Special Operations Forces Whiskey, at select on-premise and off-premise retailers throughout Kentucky. 

Additionally, Heritage’s suite of spirits now offered in Colorado includes Cocoa Bomb, Stiefel’s Select, Ghost Pepper Vodka, Lavender Vodka, Florescence Vodka, Huckleberry Vodka, Blood Orange Vodka, Salute Series’ D-Day Land and Air, and ARMY SOF.

Created in November 2023, the Salute Series is a whiskey collection dedicated to honoring, celebrating, and raising funds for organizations supporting U.S. military veterans and their families. In less than a year, the program has raised more than $130,000 for partner charities.

“Craft bourbon and whiskey is at the heart of Heritage Distilling and was among the first products we went to market with,” Heritage Distilling co-founder and CEO Justin Stiefel said in a news release. “We have a healthy respect for the distilling industry in Kentucky, and bringing craft spirits of the Pacific Northwest straight into Bourbon Country has been a sought-after milestone since our inception.”

Innermountain Distributing Co. General Manager, Heathe Poston, a retired Green Beret and U.S. Army veteran, added, “As a veteran-founded brand with a profound commitment to giving back to the Special Operations community, Heritage aligns perfectly with our values. I personally followed Heritage and its products when I was deployed at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington, and quickly became a fan of its products and its commitment to our military personnel and their families.”

What initially started as a limited fundraising initiative with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) – raising nearly $150,000 for Special Forces-related charities local to Joint Base Lewis-McChord eight years ago – has evolved into a nationwide initiative through partnerships with organizations such as: Green Beret Foundation, The Honor Foundation, Marine Raider Foundation, Joint Task Force K9s (JTFK9s), Shields and Stripes and others. 

Non-profit organizations interested in raising funds for their organizations through the program can complete an intake form on the Salute Series webpage.Founded in 2011, Heritage Distilling has built a stellar reputation, earning accolades from prestigious institutions such as the American Distilling Institute, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and the World Whiskey Awards. The company’s expansion into Kentucky will allow consumers to experience a diverse lineup of craft spirits.

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We have expanded into the Kentucky market in partnership with Keg 1 River City, the leading distributor of beer, wine and spirits in Kentucky. pic.twitter.com/wvKrdmlUVy

— Heritage Distilling (@HeritageDistill) December 5, 2024

About Heritage Distilling Company, Inc.

Heritage is among the premier independent craft distilleries in the United States offering a variety of whiskeys, vodkas, gins, rums and ready-to-drink canned cocktails. It is one of the largest craft spirits producers on the West Coast based on revenues and is developing a national reach in the U.S. through traditional sales channels (wholesale, on-premises, and e-commerce) and its unique and recently-developed Tribal Beverage Network (“TBN”) sales channel, which is collaborating with Native American tribes to develop Heritage-branded distilleries, brands, and tasting rooms and to develop brands unique to the tribes, to serve patrons of tribal casinos and entertainment venues, creating compelling social and economic benefits for participating tribal communities while allowing the tribes another channel through which to exercise tribal sovereignty. For more information, visit https://heritagedistilling.com/.