by Don Williams | Mar 28, 2019 | Bourbon history, Kentucky Bourbon Trail
Many people have asked me why Kentucky became bourbon country, and the answer includes five specific reasons. Kentucky was part of Virginia before becoming a state in 1792. Many Scots-Irish settlers spread west to the eastern portion of Kentucky to begin farming...
by Don Williams | Mar 13, 2019 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Personalities, Bourbon Trivia
In 1909, President William Howard Taft defines whiskey as we know it today. This decision is one of the important milestones that changed the industry. The Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 was arguably the first law protecting the consumer from imitation whiskey...
by Don Williams | Feb 14, 2019 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Personalities
A variety of stills on display at the Frazier Museum in Louisville, Kentucky George Washington In today’s political climate it is hard to fathom the thought of whiskey and presidents being in the news in either a positive or negative way. However, two United...
by Don Williams | Feb 7, 2019 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Trivia, Distilleries
You can thank the Schenley Company for marketing bourbon from simple whiskey to “extra aged” because of a miscalculation in world affairs. During the build-up to the Korean War, Schenley officials thought that distilling would become limited and converted...
by Don Williams | Jan 24, 2019 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Trivia
Bottle collection at the Frazier Museum in Louisville, Kentucky People can trace the use of the term bourbon to as early as the 1820s, but it was used more commonly by the 1870s which created some bourbon brand names past and present. We will begin with a uniquely...
by Don Williams | Jan 10, 2019 | Bourbon history, Distilleries
The Water Tower at Buffalo Trace Distillery Years ago when I first wanted to see what the Kentucky Bourbon Trail was all about I kept hearing about Buffalo Trace Distillery. While not a member of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail it is definitely a member of my personal...
