By Mike Perleberg
(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – Unlike the distinctive aroma of hot corn mash that often fills the air in Lawrenceburg, you cannot smell the plans for a new festival being cooked up by local organizations. But you will be able to experience the results of that planning: the inaugural Whiskey City Festival to be held Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8 at the new Lawrenceburg Event Center & Hotel. The two-day festival's purpose is to celebrate Lawrenceburg’s heritage as a whiskey distilling hub. Whiskey history here is as rich as might be found anywhere in the U.S. The first distillery in town opened in 1803. Cincinnati prohibition-era bootlegger George Remus once owned a distillery called Old Quaker, which was later bought up by Schenley. Even today, the Lawrenceburg Distillery owned by MGP Ingredients of Indiana is one of the world’s largest distilleries, pumping out premium bourbon and whiskey products found on store shelves around the world. Proximo bottles much of MGP’s products in a facility just across U.S. 50. The new event is a partnership of the MGP Ingredients, City of Lawrenceburg, Lawrenceburg Main Street, Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg, and the Dearborn County Visitors Center. The Whiskey City Festival will feature whiskey tastings, industry experts, food, beer, cigars, and a concert by classic rockers REO Speedwagon. The stories of local distillery works both past and present will be displayed on a “memory wall” at the festival. Through Friday, October 3, Lawrenceburg Main Street is welcoming former bottlers, barrel rollers, union stewards and others to submit their tales from working at the distilleries in Lawrenceburg and Greendale. “Your stories are an important component in documenting and displaying on a personal level just how significantly this industry impacted our community and the people who worked within it,” Lawrenceburg Main Street director Pat Krider says. Stories can be submitted to Whiskey City Festival Committee, c/o Lawrenceburg Main Street, 118 Walnut Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025. People with questions can contact Lawrenceburg Main Street at (812) 537-4507 or info@thinklawrenceburg.com. “If you’re worried that your writing skills aren't up to par, please don’t worry, we can help with that. What really matters here is the story and the personal experience,” says Krider. RELATED STORIES: Quilters Bring Business To Lawrenceburg’s Downtown MGP Team Is Newcomer, Lone Ind. Contender In World Championship Bourbon Barrel Relay AUDIO: Distillery’s Products In Demand MGP Ingredients Distillery Earns “A” In Safety Audit
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