Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Green Distillery (1796–1870s), notable for its use of an early continuous distillation apparatus, invented by the distillery's then co-owner, Joseph Shee; Kilbeggan Distillery, formerly the Brusna Distillery and Locke's Distillery, claimed as the oldest licensed distillery, referencing a licence issued in 1757, although it was closed in 1954; production resumed at the site in 2007, but with ...
Rye whiskey was historically the prevalent whiskey in the northeastern states, especially Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland. Pittsburgh was the center of rye whiskey production in the late 1700s and early 1800s. [2] By 1808, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania farmers were selling half a barrel for each man, woman and child in the country. [3]
After the war's end, whiskey generally fell out of favor with the American public, as drinkers switched to vodka. [6] Rye whiskey especially fell out of favor, and by the 1960s, Old Overholt was the only nationally distributed straight rye whiskey. [6] The brand struggled through the 1970s as sales continued to decline. [6]
American whiskey is whiskey (a distilled beverage produced from a fermented mash of cereal grain) produced in the United States. American whiskeys made from mashes with at least 51% of their named grains include bourbon whiskey , rye whiskey , rye malt whiskey , malt whiskey , wheat whiskey , Tennessee whiskey , and corn whiskey .
Both bourbon — a type of whiskey — and Tennessee whiskey can trace their origins to the 18th and 19th centuries in the American South. One common story ties bourbon’s creation to the white ...
A few construction workers in the Scottish Highlands stumbled upon what appears to be a a time capsule from the 1800s. Time capsule found from 1800s includes a newspaper and bottle of whiskey Skip ...
Normally, rye whiskey was produced for medicinal purposes. Henry agreed and the Overholts' became the first to produce rye whiskey in Pennsylvania for commercial consumption instead of strictly for medicinal purposes. The Overholts were Mennonites and the church did not approve of the sale of Overholt's "Old Farm Whiskey".
We're officially in the 'golden years of American whiskey,' according to craft distillers, which means prices are surging as demand booms.