Wednesday, May 1, 2013  MGP of Indiana Changes Its Whiskey
Recipe Descriptions  MGP Ingredients, a big corn processor out
of Kansas, bought the former Seagram's distillery in
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 2011. Observing how they run and
position it has been fascinating.  Although unique today,
commodity producers like MGP of Indiana used to be a prominent
part of the American whiskey landscape. Wild Turkey was a non-
distiller producer (NDP) for the first 30 or so years of that
brand's existence. It was made from whiskey purchased from
commodity producers until Austin-Nichols acquired the Ripy
family's distillery in the 1970s, the distillery we know as Wild
Turkey today.  MGP's distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, was
acquired and rebuilt by Seagram's at the end of Prohibition. It
made a lot of whiskey but all of it was used for Seagram's
products. After the break-up of Seagram's by Pernod and Diageo,
Pernod became its owner and began to sell bulk whiskey to
Templeton Rye, High West, and others in a small way. Th