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Freddie Johnson

Freddie Johnson

Inductee: 91

Whiskies - 2024

United States
Freddie Johnson is the distillery VIP visitor lead at Buffalo Trace Distillery. As a third-generation employee at Buffalo Trace, Freddie has a nearly life-long connection to the company. Freddie came to Buffalo Trace Distillery in 2002. After a successful career as a network/operations engineer in Atlanta, Georgia, he put it all aside to fulfil a promise made to his father more than 20 years earlier. That promise was to follow in the footsteps of his paternal grandfather, Jimmy Johnson Sr., and father, Jimmy Johnson Jr. Born in Paris, Kentucky, he spent some of his early childhood summers in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky with his maternal grandfather, a coal miner and friend to the moonshiners. The family moved to Frankfort, Kentucky when he was five. These are the memories Freddie has of hunting, fishing, and hanging out with his family at what was then known as the George T. Stagg Distillery. More than 20 years later, Freddie has become one of Buffalo Trace Distillery’s most popular and highly sought-after tour guides. Weaving together his childhood memories with the distillery’s rich history, Freddie’s storytelling entertains thousands each year on various tours. Additionally, Freddie has shaped the guest experience through his very own drink, Freddie’s Old Fashioned Soda. Launched in 2019, the soda line features root beer, ginger ale, and ginger beer. A portion of the proceeds from sales of Freddie’s Old Fashioned Soda goes toward restoring Green Hill Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery in Frankfort.

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