Green River Distilling Co., the sister distillery to Bardstown Bourbon Company, announced this spring that it had laid off its head distiller and was cutting back production to an “as needed” basis, the latest signs of the trouble the American whiskey industry is facing due to oversupply and reduced demand. Still, the distillery continues to put out some good whiskey, the latest of which is an eight-year-old bourbon that was finished in toasted oak barrels. We got to try a sample, and…

