
“Echoes,” from Bourbon as it Used to be, Now Castle & Key © Sarah Hoskins 2016
Lifting a Glass
By Sarah Hoskins
Artist: Sarah Hoskins
Project: Bourbon as it Used to be, Now Castle & Key
Description: “The summer of 2014, my daughter and I found ourselves on McCracken Pike in Millville, Kentucky, staring up at the former Old Taylor distillery,” explains Sarah Hoskins of her project Bourbon as it Used to be, Now Castle & Key, a documentation of the ruins and rehabilitation of the site. Built in 1887, the distillery sat vacant and neglected for more than forty years before being purchased and renovated. It will reopen as Castle & Key later this year.
“Since that first visit I have had the opportunity to photograph the vestiges as well as the distillery being brought back to life,” Hoskins writes. “I’m sure the ghost of Colonel E. H. Taylor is sitting somewhere and lifting a glass to see his vision brought back from the past.”

Warehouse © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Spring House © Sarah Hoskins 2016

The former Old Taylor distillery, soon to be Castle and Key © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Wrought Iron and Water Tower © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Soon To Be © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Castle View © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Columns and Barrels © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Bourbon Dreams—Will Arvin, Wesley Murry, and Oscar Zarsoza-Solis @ Sarah Hoskins 2016

Vestiges © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Old Transport © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Clean Up © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Garden Going In © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Echos © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Skylight © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Old Still Area © Sarah Hoskins 2016

Window Well © Sarah Hoskins 2016
