:I think the discussion on BourbonEnthusiast.com may be confused between the brand ownership and the bottling company. I think the situation is similar with Black Maple Hill.  See http://www.oldpogue.com/.  There's a family named Pogue and the Old Pogue web site does not mention KBD at all.  My belief is that KBD bottles under contract from Pogue.  At http://www.bourbonenthusiast.com/forum/DBvd.php?id=22&task;=displaybottling, it says "bottled by" KBD, which says nothing about who owns the brand.  (Also I wouldn't necessarily rely excessively on such a source too much.) In the case of Black Maple Hill, the brand owner seems to be a California company named CVI, and I found a CVI company web page (that doesn't mention KBD), although some sites call that a KBD brand (presumably because KBD is the contract bottler). I think a similar status may apply to Corner Creek as well.  I found several pointers on the Internet to the site http://www.cornercreekbourbon.com, but it seems to be a non-functioning site.  KBD seems like a rather confusing company to try to understand - even the brands that they list on their site as being their brands (http://www.kentuckybourbonwhiskey.com/products.php) don't actually say KBD on their labels anywhere. The do not list Old Pogue, Black Maple Hill, or Corner Creek on their site (although my understanding is that they are the bottler for all of those). IMHO, regardless of whether they own the brands or not, they make some mighty fine bourbon.  —