Jono Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 http://www.prohibitionrepeal.com/history/bb_matter.asp12/5/08 is the 75th anniversary of Prohibition Repeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyamnesia Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 very nice. thanks for the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourbonv Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 "A 1913, an article appeared in The Louisville Courier-journal's special "Southern Prosperity" edition wherein whiskey dealer S.C. Herbst proclaimed that his Old Judge and Old Fitzgerald brands of bourbon were the last "Old Fashioned Copper Pot Distilled Whiskeys." I wonder where they found this?Mike Veach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdery Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Probably a quote of a quote of a quote. I don't doubt Herbst claimed it, nor do I doubt the claim was unfounded. We know the still that Joe and Harry Beam took to Mexico was a pot still, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourbonv Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Actually it is word for word from my history timeline on BE. A couple of the other "timeline" quotes in the article are also from the same source, my timelines on BE.The article is in the Courier-Journal southern Prosperity Edition that features several distillery articles and advertisements. I also believe that Herbst was the last major distillery to make 100% pot still bourbon, but there were other distilleries using pot stills at the time and selling their product to other distilleries. The Harlan Distillery in Monroe Co. Ky. was one of these. It was a farmer distillery with 2 pot stills of about 150 gallons each and they sold their whiskey to Glenmore.Mike Veach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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