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Announcement of seven 2026 Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame honorees and selection procedures.
Names Fred Minnick, Shane Baker, Pat Heist, W.L. Lyons Brown Sr., George Garvin Brown II, John Schickel and Eric Gregory; Gregory receives the Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award. Describes KDA nominations and the selection committee, with a September 14 ceremony planned in Louisville.
Closing ceremony details
Opening announcement
Opening announcement; Honoree biographies; Selection committee; Closing ceremony details
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Evidence
Names Fred Minnick, Shane Baker, Pat Heist, W.L. Lyons Brown Sr., George Garvin Brown II, John Schickel and Eric Gregory; Gregory receives the Parker Beam Lifetime Achievement Award. Describes KDA nominations and the selection committee, with a September 14 ceremony planned in Louisville.
Location and context
No access. Opening announcement; Honoree biographies; Selection committee; Closing ceremony details.
Full written article reviewed through its ending.
Annotation
Useful for Whiskey Icons and the institutions that shape industry recognition. An announced honoree is not yet a completed induction as of the September 6 access date.
Date and Mark Gillespie authorship come from publisher metadata; no individual byline is visible in the extracted body. This is institutional recognition, not independent proof of every biographical claim or comparative historical importance.