 Brothers Right Distilling Company is bringing a taste of the mountains to the bourbon industry, investing nearly $38 million to establish a new distillery in Pike County. The distillery will bring nearly 30 permanent jobs to the area and will introduce a completely unique bourbon experience. Part of our whole concept is actually taking barrels and aging them in an underground coal mine environment. Some of those, that age is going to vary, you know, everywhere from, some may spend six months underground, some could spend 10 years underground. It's all an experiment. We don't have all the answers, but it's a cool opportunity to marry two of Kentucky's biggest industries being coal, which is part of, you know, a big part of our local history here in Pike County and Central Appalachia, but also the Kentucky bourbon industry, which doesn't have a big footprint in Pike County, but we're happy to be the ones extending the bourbon trail into Pike County. Appalachian Wireless is making it so easy and affordable to stay connected to friends, family and the world. With the Forward Pay Unlimited or Unlimited Plus Plan, get $50 off any Forward Pay device. And don't forget, with Forward Pay, there are no credit checks or long-term contracts. It's Forward Pay on the region's premier network, Appalachian Wireless. We get you because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Activation fee required, just kind of apply that point of sale. While the distillery is expected to open by the end of 2024, the upcoming election will play a significant role in its operations. Currently, Pike County is dry, but in the upcoming election next Tuesday, there's actually, it's not a full wet-dry vote, but it's a vote specific to our precinct, which is the Dr. J. Johnson precinct. And that vote is specifically to allow distilleries to serve drinks. So it's not, it's not a traditional wet-dry vote where you can go to a liquor store and purchase beer or alcohol, but it would give us the opportunity to serve our potential customers in the future spirits on-site. Additionally, Brothers Right Distilling Company anticipates the distillery will play a vital role in the region's tourism industry, with future plans for lodging and an underground visitor experience. We think we're uniquely positioned to extend some of the tourism industry that surrounds Bourbon into Eastern Kentucky, but we're also kind of uniquely positioned in the center of the trail-riding boom that's currently happening. So there are trail riders from all over the world that travel into Eastern Kentucky, Southern West Virginia right now. There's a shortage of lodging every single year, and we think that this is the perfect opportunity to create a destination spot for those people to come to be able to, in the long term, be able to provide lodging, be able to provide an experience, a music venue, just the possibilities are endless with the amount of tourism that this location could potentially bring in. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Breonna Robinson.