On March 3, 2025, we are celebrating 128 years of Bottled-in-Bond whiskey. On March 3, 1897, The Bottled-in-Bond Act was signed by President Grover Cleveland. The Act was pushed for by the straight whiskey distillers in Kentucky and is considered… Co…
When Prohibition was made law in 1919, taking effect in 1920, there needed to be a law passed to enforce the 18th Amendment. The Republican Congressman from Minnesota, Andrew John Volstead, introduced the enforcement law to Congress and it passed… Co…
Very few non-distillers had an impact on the distilling industry that Harvey W. Wiley had on the industry. Wiley was born on October 18, 1844, in Jefferson County, Indiana. His parents were farmers and conductors on the Underground Railroad. In… Cont…
When Prohibition went into effect on January 16, 1920, many distilleries had barrels of whiskey stored in their warehouses. Some of this whiskey was being taken out by illegal means and sold on the black market. In 1922, Congress passed… Continue Rea…
Presidents often have an influence on the Bourbon Industry. Most recently, Donald Trump’s tariff created a trade war that hurt Kentucky’s Bourbon industry in a bad way as countries imposed retaliatory tariffs on Bourbon. But not all Presidents had a……
It is Derby time in Kentucky. I thought it would be a good opportunity to list some Bourbons with ties to the Derby. There are many connections between Bourbon and horse racing in Kentucky. Here are four such Bourbons you… Continue Reading →
The distillers in the 19th century treated their promotion of their brands in a different way than the distillers of today. They did not have television, radio and social media to promote their brands. In fact, for most of the… Continue Reading →
A bottle of Red Hook Rye recently sold at auction for $43,750. I was with LaNell Camacho Santa Ana when she picked the first two barrels of Red Hook Rye for her store in Brooklyn, New York. It was a… Continue Reading →
I am not often excited about a new book, but this book is a very exciting new release. I don’t think I have ever met Carlo DeVito in person, but I have emailed with him many times as he researched… Continue Reading →
This image shows the women who worked on the bottling line at Labrot and Graham Distillery circa 1900. This is typical of bottling lines of the time. The distillers quickly learned that women made the best workers for bottling whiskey…. Continue Read…
