The American Civil War brought on the need to raise money to pay for the war. In 1862, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Act of 1862 and it took effect on September 1, 1862. This act of Congress placed a… Continue Reading →
Left Bank Bourbon is bottled by Left Bank Distilled Spirits LLC. What they do is purchase barrels of at least two year old Bourbon in Kentucky. They dump the whiskey and add some additional oak staves to the barrel and… Continue Reading →
RD One Spirits started business as the William Tarr Distillery in Lexington, Kentucky. They have changed their name to RD One, paying homage to the Ashland Distillery founded in 1865 and claims to be Lexington’s first registered distillery as the… Co…
The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.(DISCUS) is a trade organization formed in 1973 from three other trade groups. The organization has three main goals. First, it fosters the position of the distilled spirits industry through educa…
The Hillsboro Society is an organization for the fans of Leiper’s Fork Distillery in Tennessee. Being part of this organization allows you to get bottles such as the McCoy Cask. The McCoy Cask is the Leiper’s Fork Bourbon finished in… Continue Readin…
I really like the Bourbons that Thomas Thacker is making at the Southern Grace Distillery in Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina. He sent me this bottle several months ago and Matt and I sat down to taste it and we really… Continue Reading →
Everyone is familiar with Bottled-in-Bond whiskey. It is whiskey that is stored in a bonded warehouse for at least four years, the product of the same distiller, made in the same season and bottled at 100 proof. The act was… Continue Reading →
This image is from a Harper’s Weekly magazine from the 19th century. It is a black and white drawing of the distillery located in Germantown, Ohio. I don’t know a lot about the distillery other than in 1909, Mida’s Criteria… Continue Reading →…
I have liked the Widow Jane products ever since Lisa Roper Wicker became their Master Distiller and Blender. Lisa has since left the distillery and Heaven Hill has purchased the distillery, but Lisa’s influence is still there. They are putting… Conti…
As we get close to December 5, the anniversary of Repeal of the 18th Amendment, I thought I would take a look at this important group that helped get Repeal passed. The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA) was founded… Continue Readin…
