“The only product manufactured in Kentucky and taxed during production are distilled spirits. No other Kentucky product is taxed that way. Bourbon – in the state of its birth! – clearly should not be,” said Frank Jemley, President and CEO of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers. “That’s why the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers strongly supports House Bill 5 to phase out the barrel tax. Kentucky’s distillers deserve to be treated like every other Kentucky manufacturer – as a matter of simple fairness.”
KAM Announces 2026 Manufacturing Awards Winners
This year’s Awards Dinner was held at the 2026 Kentucky Industry Conference, a three-day conference co-hosted by KAM, the Metals Innovation Initiative, and the Kentucky Manufacturing Extension Partnership.