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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 ...
American whiskey is whiskey ... During the U.S. expanded westward in the 1800s, whiskey played a crucial role in frontier life. Whiskey was a widely traded commodity ...
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]
Henry's son Abraham Overholt encouraged the production of rye whiskey in 1810 to be sold commercially. 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.
George Dickel, now renamed Cascade Hollow Distilling Co., is the only American whiskey distillery still in production that was also once owned by a woman in the 1800s.Nicole Austin has been the ...
The Old Fashioned, a popular whiskey cocktail, dates back to the early 1800s. The drink's ingredients changed over the years, but it earned its name when patrons requested it "the old-fashioned way."
Nathan "Nearest" Green (c. 1820 – unknown), incorrectly spelled "Nearis" in an 1880 census, [1] was an American head stiller, more commonly referred to as a master distiller. Born into slavery and emancipated after the American Civil War, he taught his distilling techniques to Jack Daniel, founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey ...
As the name ‘old fashioned’ suggests, this whiskey cocktail is a classic cocktail.And for good reason. Made with just a few ingredients, an old fashioned is a balanced cocktail from the 1800s ...