A replacement facility does not automatically reproduce the prior spirit; equipment design and material-contact changes are part of the provenance and continuity mechanism.
The passage follows the temporary multi-company recovery period and describes the longer-term facility transition.
Heaven Hill reports acquiring Bernheim Distillery in 1999 rather than rebuilding immediately, then redesigning parts of the plant—including added copper contact—to produce a distillate comparable to the former Bardstown output.
Paragraphs 1–3; page lines 270–275
1999 — From Bardstown to Bernheim
1999 — From Bardstown to Bernheim
Paraphrase and locator checked against the public page on 2026-08-25; technical equivalence is the company’s account.
Evidence
Heaven Hill reports acquiring Bernheim Distillery in 1999 rather than rebuilding immediately, then redesigning parts of the plant—including added copper contact—to produce a distillate comparable to the former Bardstown output.
Locator
1999 — From Bardstown to Bernheim, paragraphs 1–3; public page lines 270–275.
Context
The passage follows temporary multi-company recovery and describes the longer-term replacement production path.
Research boundary
Do not treat the account as independent sensory verification that the two distillates were identical.