by Don Williams | Aug 22, 2019 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Trivia
See-Through Bourbon and Bourbon distilled in Canada? Before 1964, bourbon could be made anywhere in the world and still be labeled bourbon. So there truly were Canadian as well as Mexican Bourbon for sale in the United States and elsewhere. The Schenley’s company...
by Don Williams | Jun 6, 2019 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Trivia
Ohio River near Maysville, Kentucky The Ohio and Mississippi Rivers often saw flatboats loaded with bourbon whiskey traveling to destinations including New Orleans. Farmers had limited options to market their goods, and the idea of flatboats gave them greater trade...
by Don Williams | Apr 3, 2019 | Bourbon basics, Bourbon Trivia, Kentucky Bourbon Trail
A quick snapshot of the popularity of American Whiskey is evident by examining Bourbon by the numbers. Enjoy! Listed below is Bourbon by the Numbers 1.4 million tourists stopped at bourbon distilleries in Kentucky in 2018. $0 is the amount of State Spirits Excise Tax...
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 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...
