Rebel (bourbon)

Rebel Bourbon whiskey
An older bottle still sporting the Rebel Yell brand
TypeBourbon whiskey
ManufacturerMGP Ingredients
Country of origin Kentucky, United States
Introduced1936
Alcohol by volume 40%
Proof (US)80
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Rebel, formerly Rebel Yell until 2020, is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey owned and marketed by MGP Ingredients. Rebel Yell is currently distilled and aged at the Lux Row Distillery, in Bardstown, Kentucky, which opened in 2018.[1] As is typical for a bourbon, it is sold at 40% alcohol by volume (80 U.S. proof). Before the opening of the Lux Row Distillery, the brand was produced under contract by Heaven Hill at its Bernheim distillery in Louisville.

The brand was originally produced in the 1930s at the Stitzel–Weller Distillery and has a wheated mash bill, like some other brands from that distillery. As indicated by its name (especially its prior name), the brand was historically marketed as being associated with the U.S. Confederacy. Until the 1980s, it was distributed only in the Southern United States.

  1. ^ Luxco (July 23, 2018). "Lux Row Distillers opens on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail" (Press release).