Back about the time Julian Van Winkle III signed on with Buffalo Trace, he hosted a dinner and whiskey tasting at the Louisville Country Club. The menu, signed by Julian and Patrick Colley, the chef at the Country Club, included... Continue Reading →
Back in the 1970s and 80s, decanters were a way to sell whiskey when whiskey sales were on a decline. Michter’s Distillery in Pennsylvania took advantage of the Egyptian craze sweeping the nation in the late 1970s to early 1980s.... Continue Reading →
The Yellowstone brand of Bourbon was created in 1872 by J.B. Dant to honor the opening of our first National Park. The registered trademark included an image of the Yellowstone Waterfall. When bottling of whiskey became common in the 1890s,... Continue Reading →
When we think of whiskey today, we think of bottles of whiskey. This was not always the case. For most of the 19th century, glass bottles were a luxury item, often costing the customer three or four times the cost... Continue Reading →
In the year 1950, the whiskey industry in America was just recovering from the hard times of the past. Prohibition ended in 1933, but it was in the middle of the Great Depression and the distillers needed to build their... Continue Reading →
Most people today will recognize the “King” brand as being a limited release Bourbon from Brown-Forman, but that is not the origin of the label. The brand dates back to the post-Prohibition era as a blended whiskey in Brown-Forman’s portfolio. ... Continue Reading →
This advertising picture is from 1947. It is an Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond advertisement printed on a panel and made to be either hung on the wall or to stand on top of cases of Old Fitzgerald on display in a... Continue Reading →
In the 21st century, people don’t remember that in the 1930s, Hiram Walker was a major player in the whiskey industry. The company was founded in Canada, just across the border from Detroit, in the 1850s. Hiram Walker created the... Continue Reading →
When Heaven Hill’s Evan Williams Bourbon Heritage Center released their Square Six Bourbon, they included an old map of Louisville showing the “Square Six” area where Evan Williams had his distillery in the 18th century. I like old maps and... Continue Reading →
