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Pakistan has a Distillery…

Posted on: October 15, 2015November 6, 2015History , International Whiskies , Whiskey Facts
Pakistan has a Distillery…

Did you know that there is a distillery in Pakistan? Alcohol consumption is illegal, but that wasn’t made law until 1979 by the Hudood Ordinance. The Murree Brewery is the […]

White Corn is in the Mashbill

Posted on: October 14, 2015November 6, 2015Corn , Distillation , Distilleries , History , Master Distiller

Did you know that the original recipe for Old Taylor called for an heirloom white corn, not yellow corn? Generally bourbon made today uses feed corn in their recipes because […]

There Were No “Old” American Whiskeys Before 1958…

Posted on: October 12, 2015June 16, 2023American whiskey , History , Reference , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations

Picture the whiskey industry after WWII. The few distilleries that remained after prohibition had been successful with pulling themselves out of a whiskey drought by producing massive amounts of young […]

Whiskey Production Finally Rebounds to Pre-Prohibition Numbers…

Posted on: October 12, 2015November 7, 2015American whiskey , Distilleries , History , Prohibition , Whiskey Facts

It may seem like an enormous amount of whiskey is being produced in the United States right now. That may be true, but we’re only just catching up to production […]

XXX on Whiskey Jugs Means Something…

Posted on: October 7, 2015November 7, 2015American whiskey , Distillation , History , Patents , Whiskey Facts
XXX on Whiskey Jugs Means Something…

Did you know that the XXX on old whiskey jugs actually means something? We’re all familiar with these jugs from cartoons and from American mythology. It was a common marking […]

Proof of Proof? History of Proof vs. ABV

Posted on: October 6, 2015November 27, 2022American whiskey , Distillation , History , Reference , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations
Proof of Proof?  History of Proof vs. ABV

Did you know that “proof” of alcohol content used to be proven with gunpowder? The term proof probably originated in the 16th century. Soldiers had no tools to determine whether […]

Is Distilling Illegal? Yes.

Posted on: October 3, 2015November 7, 2015American whiskey , Distillation , History , Stills , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations
Is Distilling Illegal? Yes.

Is distilling legal if you’re just making it for personal consumption? NO. It is very much ILLEGAL. I get these questions a lot. Why would they sell stills smaller than […]

The Whiskey Wars

Posted on: October 1, 2015November 7, 2015History , Reference , Taxes

Maybe you’ve heard about the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, but the Whiskey Wars? October, and conversations with people about pre-Prohibition whiskeys, got me thinking about the Whiskey Wars. They began […]

Bourbon County History

Posted on: September 29, 2015January 21, 2023Bourbon , Distilleries , History , Whiskey Facts
Bourbon County History

Did you know that Bourbon County was originally part of Virginia? Bourbon County, Kentucky may not be the namesake for our favorite American liquor…So if not Bourbon County, KY, where […]

Laird’s Apple Jack- America’s First Licensed Distillery

Posted on: September 28, 2015January 22, 2023Aging Techniques , cocktails , Distillation , Distilleries , History , Whiskey Facts
Laird’s Apple Jack- America’s First Licensed Distillery

It’s autumn now and that makes me think of applejack… Laird’s applejack is not whiskey, but it was the first licensed distillery in the United States. I’m particularly proud of […]

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