[2][3] The company was founded by Cloud L. Cray, Sr. in 1941 as "Midwest Grain Products, Inc.", and became a major neutral alcohol supplier during World War II.
[6] On April 19, 2006, Pernod Ricard announced plans to close the distillery, but instead sold it in 2007 to CL Financial, a holding company based in Trinidad and Tobago, which renamed it "Lawrenceburg Distillers Indiana" (LDI).
MGP has eight whiskey brands of its own as of April 2021, including George Remus bourbon[9] and Rossville Union rye, but primarily sells its output to various bottlers.
In April 2013, MGP announced the introduction of six additional mash bills for rye, malt, wheat and bourbon whiskey to expand the range of product offerings for the Indiana facility.
[10] Some industry experts have commented negatively about the practice, such as the whiskey writer Charles Cowdery who has decried such bottlers as "Potemkin distilleries".
[15] MGP Ingredients beverage brands include:[16] Bourbon whiskey: Daviess County, Ezra Brooks, George Remus, Old Ezra 101, Penelope, Rebel (wheated), Yellowstone Rye whiskey: Rossville Union, Minor Case Gin: Bowling & Burch, Green Hat Irish whiskey: The Quiet Man Irish cream: Saint Brendan Tequila: Dos Primos, El Mayor, Exotico Vodka: Pearl