Gold medal-winning vodka distillery files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

A diminution successful spirits income successful 2025 impacted distilleries' revenue, forcing vodka and bourbon companies, successful definite cases, to record for bankruptcy protection.

Distilleries suffered from spirits supplier income declining by 2.2% to $36.4 cardinal successful 2025, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.

Spirits institution executives, however, are assured that the manufacture volition persevere contempt the economical decline.

“While full U.S. spirits income edged down 2.2% successful 2025, the spirits manufacture remains resilient, driven by innovative products that proceed to spark user interest,” said Chris Swonger, CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council.

Legends Distillery proprietor files bankruptcy

Award-winning vodka and bourbon distillery proprietor Spirits of the USA LLC, which produces Legends marque spirits, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to reorganize, according to Inforuptcy.

The Cumming, Ga., spirits distiller filed its Subchapter V petition connected May 15 successful the U.S Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia, listing $500,000 to $1 cardinal successful assets and $1 cardinal to $10 cardinal successful liabilities, according to tribunal papers.

Spirits of the USA did not specifically bespeak successful its petition wherefore it filed for bankruptcy.

The debtor's largest unsecured creditors see Avron Properties, owed $127,000 successful rent; Chase Credit Cards, owed implicit $95,000; BPS Glass, owed $95,000; Atlanta Beverage Company, owed implicit $54,000; Forsyths County Property Tax, owed $23,000; and Federal Excise Tax, owed $23,000.

Spirits of the USA opened its 20,000 square-foot distillery successful 2020, on with a 5,000 square-foot tasting room. Legends sold its products successful Georgia stores, online, and successful its tasting room, according to North Georgia Living.

Legends website not operating

Spirits of the USA and its Legends marque bash not presently person a moving website. It is unclear whether the distillery and tasting country are inactive operating, arsenic TheStreet's calls during the company's hours of cognition listed connected Explore Georgia were unanswered.

Online Retailer Beverage World of Cumming lists six Legends spirits for merchantability connected its website, including Legends 80 Vodka, Legends 87 Bourbon, Legends 100 Double Barrel Bourbon, Legends Single Barrel Bourbon, Legends Highway 19 Gin, and Legends Rattlesnake Tequila.

Spirits of the USA wins awards

Spirits of the USA's Legends brands person won respective medals successful the International Wine & Spirit Competition Ltd., based successful London.

The company's Legends Vodka won a golden medal from IWSC successful 2024 with 95 points, and its Legends Single Barrel Bourbon won a golden medal from IWSC successful 2023, besides with 95 points, according to the competition's website.