New Partnership Promotes Water’s Connection to Kentucky Bourbon

For more than 150 years, Louisville, Kentucky’s bourbon industry and Louisville Water Co. have produced two of the city’s most recognized products. Now, Louisville Water is partnering with local distiller Stitzel-Weller to bring awareness to the important and essential role that Louisville’s water has with the industry.The new partnership was announced Tuesday, coinciding with Drinking Water Week. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer joined representatives from Louisville Water and Stitzel-Weller’s Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience at the distiller’s Shively location.As part of the partnership, the visitor experience at Stitzel-Weller now includes an exhibit on how the bourbon industry benefits from water step by