James Lake

James Lake at a Glance

James Lake has 5 distinct products with 10 total TTB label approvals, including Vodka - Other Flavored, Vodka 80-89 Proof. Labels approved between 2022-02-28 and 2024-02-06. Label origins on file: Kentucky.

At a Glance data sourced from public TTB records.

James Lake Vodka

In a company release, Shawn McCormick recalls fishing and skipping rocks with his great-grandmother at James Lake. He named his vodka for that limestone spring-fed lake at the edge of his family’s farm in Adairville, Kentucky.

Coming home to Adairville

The distillery’s opening announcement says McCormick was born in Russellville and moved often as a child while his father served in the Army. The announcement describes summer and Christmas visits with relatives in Adairville and Russellville. McCormick dates his own move to Adairville to December 2021 in his account on the distillery’s website.

McCormick worked in food science research and development at Kraft and later at Advance Food Products, according to the opening announcement. The distillery’s second-anniversary release traces his idea for a distillery to a Kentucky Bourbon Trail trip in 2012.

James Lake at the former fire station

Adairville voted to allow alcohol sales in 2017, McCormick recalls. He says he bought the former Adairville City Fire Station in 2019, a building the opening announcement places just west of the town square. McCormick dates the start of bottling there to fall 2022. The distillery’s account of its first run identifies plain James Lake vodka as the first spirit it bottled.

The distillery’s second-anniversary release dates its opening to November 5, 2022. Guests filled the distillery to sample freshly bottled spirits despite cold rain and winds of 30 miles an hour, according to the distillery’s account of the opening.

The distillery planned a bottle shop in the converted fire station, according to its opening announcement. It also planned to distribute through Heritage Wine and Spirits, starting in western Kentucky before expanding across the state.

From plain vodka to garden flavors

James Lake Botanical Spirits appeared alongside Burton James whiskey in the opening announcement, which describes the vodka’s base as a neutral spirit distilled from American corn. The distiller describes Citrus Solstice as lemon with hints of orange and lime, and Summer Berries as raspberry and blackberry. Crisp Cucumber pairs cucumber with a touch of lemon in the distiller’s description.

Explore the TTB label records for James Lake on this page.

Sources

• B.H. James Distillers. “Our Story”. Undated. https://www.bhjamesdistillers.com/our-story
• B.H. James Distillers. “James Lake Spirits”. Undated. https://www.bhjamesdistillers.com/james-lake-spirits
• B.H. James Distillers. “B.H. James Distillers Has First Bottling Run of James Lake Vodka”. 2024-05-22. https://www.bhjamesdistillers.com/post/b-h-james-distillers-has-first-bottling-run-of-james-lake-vodka
• B.H. James Distillers. “Grand Opening of B.H. James Distillers in Adairville, Kentucky”. 2024-05-22. https://www.bhjamesdistillers.com/post/grand-opening-of-b-h-james-distillers-in-adairville-kentucky
• B.H. James Distillers via Breaking Bourbon. “B.H. James Distillers to Open Distillery in Adairville, KY”. 2022-10-25. https://www.breakingbourbon.com/bourbon-whiskey-press-releases/b-h-james-distillers-to-open-distillery-in-adairville-ky
• B.H. James Distillers via Breaking Bourbon. “B.H. James Distillers Celebrates Second Anniversary”. 2024-10-29. https://www.breakingbourbon.com/bourbon-whiskey-press-releases/b-h-james-distillers-celebrates-second-anniversary-november-2-nd-with-the-launch-of-new-products
• TTB Public COLA Registry via BUY.VODKA data snapshot. “James Lake label-record summary”. Undated. local:BUY.VODKA generated brands.json, existing snapshot

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