Military Veterans have had a long history with the American Distilling Industry. It starts with the whiskey tax that caused the whiskey rebellion. Veterans of the American Revolution opposed the tax. They had just fought a war over taxation and... Continue Reading →
When Americans first started distilling, the major roadway was the river. Distilleries depended upon the waterways to get their whiskey to markets that were not local. Shipping barrels of whiskey was hard to achieve on the primitive roads of the... Continue Reading →
This is a question that was very much discussed with my good friend, Al Young, when he was still with us. He would often call me and ask this question and we had several interesting telephone calls as a result. ... Continue Reading →
The years leading up to the First World War were trying times for the distilling industry. The prohibitionists were active in making many states dry. The distilling industry had depended upon the argument put forth by the beer industry that... Continue Reading →
For a brief time after the Second World War, Bourbon distilleries had a “golden age”. The war had ended and the restrictions on distilling had ended. The distilleries had all the grain they needed to distill (after a legal battle... Continue Reading →
There are many theories as to where Bourbon Whiskey got the name “Bourbon”. Bourbon comes about because Kentucky whiskey was not selling for a profit in New Orleans, the main market for Kentucky goods in the 18th and early 19th... Continue Reading →
It is Derby week here in Kentucky and Rosemary was asking if there was a connection between Bourbon and fast horses in Kentucky. I told her that there was and she wanted me to write a blog about it. It... Continue Reading →
I have been suffering from a spring head cold lately and I have had a hot toddy or two to help remedy the symptoms. I am following a long heritage of using whiskey as a medicine. From the earliest days... Continue Reading →
I often get asked about the Hoffman Distillery. They usually have an old bottle of a brand that came from the distillery. Julian Van Winkle III briefly owned the distillery in the 1990s where he warehoused his barrels and bottled... Continue Reading →
