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Lone Oak Craft Distillery

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Once infamous for bootlegging during Prohibition, the City of Benld will soon have a legal whisky distilling operation. City Council members voted unanimously last Monday night to approve a liquor license for Lone Oak Craft Distillery, located at 202 East Central Avenue.

Owner Mike Bruhn constructed a new building to house the venture, which is set to open sometime next month. Bruhn reportedly commissioned another distillery to produce whisky using his recipe and protocols so Lone Oak will have bottles for sale upon opening. Whisky actually produced in the Benld facility will have to age in oak barrels before being bottled and marketed.

Lone Oak Craft Distillery is Benld’s first “legal” distilling operation. A century ago, federal agents seized and destroyed the No. 5 Mine, a distilling operation disguised to look like a mining operation. The massive illegal operation featured two 50,000-gallon vats to hold illegal hooch.

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Address: 202 E Central Ave
Benld
Illinois
62009
United States
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Modified: September 14, 2025

Address: 202 E Central Ave
Benld
Illinois
62009
United States
Permit ID: IL-S-20115
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