Description
On May 4, 1964, Congress designated bourbon as a distinctive product of the United States, and it remains the only spirit produced in this country to enjoy such protection. Its history stretches back almost to the founding of the nation and includes many colorful characters, both well known and obscure, from the hatchet-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation to George Garvin Brown, who in 1872 created Old Forester, the first bourbon to be sold only by the bottle. Although obscured by myth, the his
Author: Michael R. Veach
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 05/02/2023
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9780813197715
ISBN10: 0813197716
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | History
- Cooking | Beverages | Alcoholic- General
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
Author: Michael R. Veach
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 05/02/2023
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9780813197715
ISBN10: 0813197716
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | History
- Cooking | Beverages | Alcoholic- General
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
About the Author
Michael R. Veach is associate curator of Special Collections at the Filson Historical Society. He is a bourbon historian and a member of the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame.