Indiana sets to make name for itself with Indiana rye whiskey

Published May 21, 2021 2:00pm ET



A handful of craft distillers in Indiana are meeting this week to talk about forming a statewide distiller’s guild and to begin to figure out how best to market what could be the next big thing in the beverage world: Indiana rye whiskey.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill into law that establishes Indiana rye whiskey as a particular kind of spirit that must be made in Indiana, from a mash bill that is at least 51% rye and aged in charred, white oak barrels in the state for at least two years.

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