“Set back far from the entrance, at the end of a meandering road, the compound overlooks a lake on the new 18th hole of the golf course, with a sweeping view of downtown Fort Worth at the back. The Ranch House, the main visitors building, is all dark wood and stone, with a wraparound patio and a large, new event space—called The Oak Room, with a capacity of around 400 standing and 180 seated—that has a manor fireplace and custom-made steel ornamentation.”

“Whiskey Ranch is a 112-acre plot that houses the aforementioned golf course as well as a huge “open-timbered” visitors center.”

“Calling it Whiskey Ranch summons a laid-back Texas spirit the friends embrace, one illustrated easily when you pull through the property gates and head up a winding drive to the assemblage of buildings that constitutes the new distillery.”

“The brand, which was founded in 2010, is planning to open ‘the largest whiskey distillery West of the Mississippi’ in Fort Worth – on a legendary old golf course no less.”

“We’re trying to create an environment that will satisfy those senses. People will be able to come in, see the mash, actually fermenting,” he says. “It’s amazing to see because it looks like it’s boiling, but it’s just all the yeast activity that makes the mash bubble.””