In Kentucky, there are a lot of famous names in bourbon. Today the old names such as Van Winkle and Weller really stand out, but even before Julian Van Winkle took a pharmaceutical sales job at WL Weller and Sons, there was Judge William H McBrayer and his Cedarbrook Distillery, one of the largest of its time. Now the McBrayer family has reentered the bourbon business after a decades-long hiatus with a brand that has not been produced in more than 40 years.
“The McBrayers are one of the founding families of Kentucky bourbon and
