by Don Williams | May 31, 2024 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Personalities, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Unique Bottles
Old Crow Bourbon Deserves Respect for many reasons. Before you dismiss this as a tale of a run-of-the-mill whiskey, consider this: a bottle of 1968 Old Crow Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a testament to its historical significance, is currently valued at a...
by Don Williams | Feb 16, 2024 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Information, Bourbon Personalities
Elmer T. Lee created Blanton’s in honor of Albert Blanton under the direction of then-distillery owners Ferdie Falk and Robert Baranaskas. Blanton’s bourbon has become an iconic brand with an almost mythical following. Elmer Tandy Lee Typically, you will...
by Don Williams | Jan 5, 2024 | Bourbon basics, Bourbon history, Bourbon Personalities, Unique Bottles
Charles Mortimer Dedman created Kentucky Owl in 1879 and was designated DSP 16. DSP is short for distilled spirits producer. Kentucky Owl was a known and flourishing brand that was popular until prohibition. Prohibition was enacted nationally on January 17, 1920, but...
by Don Williams | Dec 22, 2023 | Bourbon basics, Bourbon Information, Bourbon Trivia
This week I want to provide five bourbon fun facts that I find pretty darn interesting. The official state drink of Kentucky Kentucky is known for bourbon production and, arguably, produces some of the finest bourbon whiskey in the world. Currently, production levels...
by Don Williams | Dec 8, 2023 | American History, Bourbon history, Michigan Distilleries
Since Repeal Day was this week I wanted to give all of you a little more information about the era. These Detroit facts about prohibition and repeal provide a glimpse of a very wet time in our history. The City on a Still In the 1930s, Detroit housed more than 20,000...
