Kentucky recently passed a regulation allowing distillers to ship bottles directly to customers from the distillery. There had to be a change in state law in order to allow this to happen. There is no Federal regulation to prevent the shipping of alcohol in the mail. Such regulations are all coming from individual state governments. …
Somehow, it’s already December. As the days get colder and shorter, we’re looking for ways to feel festive and warm. Naturally, many of our traditions involve good food, family, and great drinks. In the years since Jeptha Creed began, we’ve been developing and collecting food and drink recipes. We’re all about making old favorites new …
Jeptha Creed Distillery started as a dream: Bruce and Joyce Nethery dreamed of starting a business that they could hand down to their children Autumn and Hunter. Bruce was a farmer, Joyce was a chemical engineer, and the family farm sits right in the middle of bourbon country. A distillery seemed meant to be. We …
There are a lot of things about Jeptha Creed that make us stand out. We’re family-owned, majority women-owned, and dedicated to ground-to-glass distillation practices. “Ground-to-glass” means that we grow or locally source every ingredient used in our spirits, including growing our own corn. This is unusual in the distillation industry in general, but even more …
The pawpaw is an unusual plant. Aside from gourds, the pawpaw is the largest edible fruit native to the United States, used by Indigenous Americans for millennia. The pawpaw is a deciduous underbrush tree, spreading into dense thickets along floodplains and hillsides in the eastern US. In springtime, the pawpaw tree erupts with nodding maroon …
The Kentucky heat will linger for a while yet, but summer is drawing to a close. To get the most out of the season, we’re spending as much time as possible enjoying our patio and appreciating the peace that our farm offers. The patio is the best spot to enjoy a cocktail around here, and …
