Greg Metze, Former MGP Ingredients Master Distiller, Moves On

No modern distillery has influenced more American brands than the current MGP Ingredients distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, which won last year’s Whisky Advocate Distillery of the Year award. They have provided whiskey to dozens of brands, ranging from Bulleit Rye to Templeton. All the while, some of the non-distiller producers (NDPs) were creating questionable marketing around the Lawrenceburg whiskey, often neglecting to include the required state-of-distillation on labels. But as indicated in our 2013 coverage , lost in the marketing backstories was master distiller Greg Metze and the whiskey.

Metze recently announced his retirement after a 38-year career at the...