Green Berets Bring Bourbon Home | Lexington News

Lexington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 1, 2026 · 1m

Retired Green Berets—those who rode horses into Afghanistan after 9/11—are investing $200 million to build Horse Soldier Farms in Somerset, Kentucky, a massive bourbon distillery and tourist destination set to open July 4, 2026. Spanning 227 acres on the former Waitsboro Hills Golf Course, the complex will produce 3–5 million gallons of bourbon annually and feature a visitor center, 5,000-seat amphitheater, luxury lodge, cabins, and even a wedding chapel—with Lake Cumberland views. Rooted in Kentucky heritage, the founders trained near the Cumberland River and see this as a homecoming…