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Aberfeldy Distillery was founded by the John Dewar & Sons, Ltd. in 1896, [4] and opened in 1898. [3] The distillery is located on the eastern outskirts of Aberfeldy, on the southern bank of the upper Tay. The demand for barley as a basic foodstuff during World War I led to the distillery being closed from 1917 to 1919. [4]
The Dewar's whisky brand was created by John Dewar, Sr. in 1846. [1] Under the control of his two sons, John A. Dewar Jr. and Thomas "Tommy" Dewar, the brand expanded to become a global market leader by 1896 and began to win several awards, including a gold medal in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. [2]
John Dewar was born in 1825 in the town of Ochterarder, Scotland. He began his career in the whisky trade in the early 1840s. [1] John Dewar & Sons was officially established by John Dewar and his two sons, John Alexander Dewar and James Dewar, in Perth, Scotland. Initially, the company operated as a whisky blender. [1]
Thomas Robert Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar DL (6 January 1864 – 11 April 1930) was a Scottish whisky distiller who, along with his brother John Dewar, built their family company John Dewar & Sons into an international success. They blended their whisky to make it more appealing to the international palate and Dewar demonstrated particular skills in ...
Twenty years ago, the future of downtown Louisville, Kentucky's Whiskey Row was hard to see. The block-long stretch of historic buildings dating back to the mid-to-late 1800s was largely empty ...
A new distillery with a high-profile owner may be coming to Madison County. Karl Cook, an internationally ranked equestrian show jumper who is the ex-husband of “Big Bang Theory” actress Kaley ...
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 ...
See how Kentucky bourbon, distilleries ranked in USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. Gannett. Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal. October 24, 2024 at 2:04 AM.