![]() ![]() ![]() Says Robertson: “It’s kind of a whiskey wonderland.” Co-founder Troy Robertson of Firestone & Robertson heads through the site’s “barrel breezeway” to the Ranch House’s elegant event space. And to their knowledge, the only distillery on a full-fledged golf course. In terms of property and capacity, the two say, it will be the largest whiskey distillery west of the Mississippi. Now, those who tour Firestone & Robertson’s primary distillery will find it nestled in a pastoral setting beyond a guard gate, abutted by a courtyard, retail center, tasting room and special-events space with a sweeping patio overlooking the golf course’s 18 th hole. Showcase the process it does, with its radiant centerpiece a 50-foot-tall, Louisville-made column still, as well as massive fermenters that can be viewed up close and from a second-level vantage point. Owners Leonard Firestone and Troy Robertson conceived Whiskey Ranch not just as a place to make spirits but as a showcase to illuminate the production process, a site for charity and private events and a sampling area, all amid a still functional, par-68 golf course. (Photo courtesy of Firestone and Robertson Distilling Co.) “It wouldn’t surprise me if this part of the world becomes a known whiskey region.” The facility’s dramatic, 50-foot-high copper column still is fully visible. “It’s more than likely going to become a beacon of whiskey tourism,” says Nico Martini of Dallas-based Bar Draught, a cocktails-on-tap startup. Texas, after all, is one of the nation’s largest consumers of whiskey why shouldn’t it be made here? Whiskey Ranch, though, is much more than a distillery – and it could portend the emergence of this juicy cut ofTexas, from Fort Worth down to Hill Country and the Houston area, as a distillery-rich region along the lines of Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail. The handsome new development, which opens in mid-November, is the expanded operation of Fort Worth-based Firestone & Robertson Distilling Co., producer of TX Whiskey and, more recently, TX Bourbon. (Photo courtesy of Firestone and Robertson Distilling Co.)įive miles southeast of downtown Fort Worth, on a course where golf greats Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson learned the game, something cool is happening in the world of whiskey.Ī spiffy archway off Mitchell Road marks the new portal to what was once the Glen Garden Country Club, a 112-acre property soon to be reborn as Whiskey Ranch. Whiskey Ranch sits on the grounds of the former Glen Garden Country Club in Fort Worth. ![]()
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