Bourbon whisky is produced mostly, though not exclusively, in an area known as Old Bourbon, in which US state?
"seem more likely as candidates for first distiller, including Jacob Myers and brothers Joseph and Samuel Davis. Records reportedly indicate that Myers and the Davis brothers both arrived in 1779. Varieties of whiskey using the Evan Williams brand name include the following: Several liqueurs are also produced under the Evan Williams brand, including: The whiskey and its history is featured in the ""Evan Williams Bourbon Experience"", a tourist attraction in Louisville that is part of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. On February 16, 2011, the ""Black Label"" expression tied with 100 proof Very Old Barton as ""Best Buy Whisk(e)y of the"
"Bourbon, Missouri Bourbon is a city in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,632 at the 2010 census. A post office called Bourbon has been in operation since 1853. The name Bourbon refers to bourbon whiskey and is believed to be the only town in the United States to be named after bourbon whiskey. The city is located in northern Crawford County on I-44 between Sullivan to the northeast and Cuba to the southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. As of the census of 2010, there"
"operates one elementary school, one middle school, and Bourbon High School. Meramec Valley Christian School is the only private christian school in Bourbon. Bourbon has a public library, a branch of the Ozark Regional Library. Bourbon, Missouri Bourbon is a city in Crawford County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,632 at the 2010 census. A post office called Bourbon has been in operation since 1853. The name Bourbon refers to bourbon whiskey and is believed to be the only town in the United States to be named after bourbon whiskey. The city is located in northern Crawford County on"
"Old Taylor Old Taylor Bourbon is a brand of straight bourbon whiskey produced at Buffalo Trace Distillery in Franklin County, Kentucky by the Sazerac Company. It was named in honor of the historic distiller Col. Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. Col. E. H. Taylor is a premium version available in small batch, single barrel, and barrel proof versions, and as a rye whiskey. Some expressions of the bourbon and rye are bottled in bond. Old Taylor Bourbon was named in honor of Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr., who was born in Columbus, Kentucky, in 1832. Taylor was a grand nephew of U.S."
"contracted out to Kentucky Bourbon Distillers of Bardstown, Kentucky, which has used spirits distilled at the nearby Heaven Hill distillery for the product. Thus, the bottles for the modern (post-2010) brand identify Bardstown rather than Maysville on the label as the origin of the product. One expression of the brand is a ""Master's Select"" bottling. Old Pogue Old Pogue is a premium brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. It is bottled a 45.5% abv (91 U.S. proof), with nine-year aging. The brand name is privately owned by members of the Pogue family. The Pogue brand has a history dating back"
"ranks as one of the top four selling bourbons in the world, and in 2005 it became the top selling Kentucky whisky in Japan. The brand is currently owned by Brown-Forman and is produced at the Brown-Forman Distillery in Shively, Kentucky. Most of the Early Times which is now sold in the U.S. cannot legally be labeled as a bourbon whiskey within the U.S., so it is labeled as ""Kentucky Whisky"". Some of the spirits in Early Times are aged in used barrels, while bourbon must be aged in new barrels according to the legal requirements for bourbon sold within"
"Count Basie. Marion County is the home of Maker's Mark Distillery, a small batch bourbon whiskey distillery that is in Loretto, Marion County, Kentucky and owned by Beam Inc. It is sold in distinctively squarish bottles, which are sealed with red wax. The distillery offers tours, and is part of the American Whiskey Trail and the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. The distillery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 1974, and designated a National Historic Landmark on December 16, 1980, listed as ""Burks' Distillery"". It was the first distillery in America to be so recognized where"
"produced under the supervision of Master Distiller Chris Morris (as of 2006) at the Brown-Forman distillery in Shively, Kentucky (which is located directly adjacent to the pre-merger Southwest boundary of Louisville) using a mash bill of 72% corn (maize), 18% rye, and 10% malted barley (the same mash bill used for Woodford Reserve). Its mash bill has been described as ""pretty standard"" and ""richer in rye than most bourbons"". Bottling variations include ""Old Forester Classic"" (86 proof / 43% abv, 4 years old), ""Old Forester Signature"" (100 proof / 50% abv), and ""Old Forester Birthday Bourbon"" (introduced in 2002, 95"
"Garrison Brothers Distillery Garrison Brothers Distillery is a distillery in Hye, Texas. The distillery produces Texas Straight Bourbon, as well as some experimental variants. In 2006, the distillery was granted the first stiller's permit for bourbon outside of Kentucky and Tennessee, which makes it the oldest, legal, bourbon distillery in Texas. Although in 2012, Garrison Brothers Distillery did not plan on ever selling outside of Texas, it is now found in many of the US States. On July 18, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed an earlier jury verdict that allowed Garrison Brothers to"
"Old Grand-Dad Old Grand-Dad is a brand of bourbon whiskey distilled at the Jim Beam Plant in Clermont, Kentucky. The brand was created by Raymond B. Hayden and named after his grandfather Basil Hayden, Sr., who was a well known distiller during his lifetime. A fanciful portrait of Hayden Sr. is depicted on the front of each bottle. Today, it is owned and produced by Beam Suntory. , Old Grand-Dad and Old Overholt – both of which are Beam Suntory brands – are marketed together as ""The Olds"". The Hayden family's first commercial distillery was created in 1840, and the"
"Old Fitzgerald Old Fitzgerald is a brand of wheated bourbon distilled in Louisville, Kentucky by Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. Old Fitzgerald was first produced in 1870 for rail and steamship lines and private clubs located primarily in the south by John E. Fitzgerald in Frankfort, Kentucky. Around 1900, ""Old Fitz"" was released to the public in America and Europe. It was one of the few distilled using the pot still method, and continued to do so until around 1913. During Prohibition, Old Fitzgerald was one of a select few to distill under government supervision for the national medicinal trade, it"
"of the American whiskey industry, with about one-third of all bourbon coming from Louisville. Brown-Forman, one of the major makers of American whiskey, is headquartered in Louisville and operates a distillery in the Louisville suburb of Shively. The current primary distillery site operated by Heaven Hill, called the Bernheim distillery, is also located in Louisville near Brown-Forman's distillery. Other distilleries and related businesses can also be found in neighboring cities in Kentucky, such as Bardstown, Clermont, Lawrenceburg, and Loretto. Similar to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail that links these central Kentucky locations, Louisville offers tourists its own ""Urban Bourbon Trail"", where"
"bourbon and must be aged at least four years. Bourbon that is labeled blended (or as a blend) may contain added coloring, flavoring, and other spirits, such as un-aged neutral grain spirits, but at least 51% of the product must be straight bourbon. Bourbon that has been aged for fewer than three years cannot legally be referred to as whiskey (or whisky) in the EU. On May 4, 1964, the United States Congress recognized bourbon whiskey as a ""distinctive product of the United States"" by concurrent resolution. Bourbon may be produced anywhere in the United States where it is legal"
"Old Pogue Old Pogue is a premium brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. It is bottled a 45.5% abv (91 U.S. proof), with nine-year aging. The brand name is privately owned by members of the Pogue family. The Pogue brand has a history dating back to around 1869. Its original distillery was Kentucky registered distillery number 3, in Maysville, Kentucky. However, the brand's distillery was shut down by Prohibition. It was revived after 18 years and then shut down again during World War II. The brand was then off the market for about 60 years. The brand name was revived"
"Heaven Hill Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. is an American, private family-owned and operated distillery founded in 1935 and headquartered in Bardstown, Kentucky, that produces and markets the Heaven Hill brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and a variety of other distilled spirits. Its current distillery facility, called the Heaven Hill Bernheim distillery, is in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the seventh-largest alcohol supplier in the United States, the second-largest holder of bourbon whiskey inventory in the world, the largest independent family-owned and operated producer and marketer of distilled spirits in the United States, and the only large family-owned distillery company headquartered"
"be produced only in the State of Tennessee"". Canadian food and drug laws state that Tennessee whiskey must be ""a straight Bourbon whisky produced in the State of Tennessee"". On a state level, the State of Tennessee has imposed stringent requirements for Tennessee whiskey. It is not enough under state law that the whiskey be produced in Tennessee; it must also meet specific quality and production standards. On May 13, 2013, Tennessee governor Bill Haslam signed House Bill 1084, requiring the Lincoln County process (which involves maple charcoal filtering) to be used for products produced in the state labeled as"
"name. Except for a few distilleries that were authorized to produce it for medicinal purposes, the bourbon industry was wiped out in 1919 when Prohibition took effect. Kentucky adopted prohibition a year earlier than the national prohibition. Within the boundaries of Bourbon County as it stands today there were, by some counts, 26 distilleries. All of these were shut down in 1919, and no distilleries resumed operation there until late 2014 – a period of 95 years. At present, alcohol production and sales in Kentucky are regulated by a patchwork of laws which the Kentucky Supreme Court called a ""maze"
"sauce. It was developed at the Brown Hotel in Louisville. The Pendennis Club in Louisville is the birthplace of the ""Old Fashioned"" cocktail. Also, western Kentucky is known for its own regional style of barbecue. Culture of Kentucky Although Kentucky's culture is generally considered to be Southern, it is unique in that it is also influenced by the Midwest and Southern Appalachia in certain areas of the state. The state is known for bourbon and whiskey distilling, tobacco, horse racing, and college basketball. Kentucky is more similar to the Upper South in terms of ancestry which is predominantly American (meaning"
"and Old Forester (first produced in 1870—the first bourbon sold exclusively in sealed bottles and the oldest bourbon continuously on the market to the present time). Another historic Shively distillery site, the former Stitzel-Weller distillery, has been converted into a tourist attraction for the Bulleit Bourbon brand, and was included as a stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail in 2014. As of October, 2014, the historic Michter's bourbon brand is working on opening a new distillery site in Shively. The Bernheim Distillery, another major distillery which is the current distillery site for Heaven Hill Distilleries, opened in the neighboring part"
"Tennessee whiskey Tennessee whiskey is straight whiskey produced in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Although it has been legally defined as a bourbon whiskey in some international trade agreements, most current producers of Tennessee whiskey disclaim references to their products as ""bourbon"" and do not label them as such on any of their bottles or advertising materials. All current Tennessee whiskey producers are required by Tennessee law to produce their whiskeys in Tennessee and – with the sole exception of Benjamin Prichard's – to use a filtering step known as the Lincoln County Process prior to aging the whiskey. Beyond"
"under Tennessee House Bill 1084, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and at least one other international trade agreement as the recognized name for a straight bourbon whiskey produced in Tennessee. It is also required to meet the legal definition of bourbon under Canadian law. Although some Tennessee whiskey makers maintain that a state-mandated pre-aging filtration through chunks of maple charcoal, known as the Lincoln County Process, make its flavor distinct from bourbon, U.S. regulations defining bourbon neither require nor prohibit its use. Prior to 2013, the Lincoln County Process was not legally required for products identified as Tennessee"
"Buffalo Trace Distillery Buffalo Trace Distillery is a distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, that is owned by the Sazerac Company. It has historically been known by several names, including the George T. Stagg Distillery and the Old Fire Copper (O.F.C.) Distillery. Its namesake bourbon brand, Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey, was introduced in August 1999. The company claims the distillery is the oldest continuously-operating distillery in the United States. The company says the name ""Buffalo Trace"" refers an ancient buffalo crossing on the banks of the Kentucky River in Franklin County, Kentucky. The Sazerac Company purchased the distillery in 1992."
"steeped in) a thick layer of maple charcoal before it is put into new charred oak barrels for aging. The companies that produce whiskey in this manner suggest this step improves the flavor of the whiskey. The filtering process is named for Lincoln County, Tennessee, the home of the Jack Daniel's distillery when it originally began operations. However, in 1871, the boundaries of the county changed, placing the Jack Daniel's distillery and the surrounding area in the newly created Moore County. Ironically, the only whiskey currently produced within the current boundaries of Lincoln County is Prichard's, which is the only"
"Old Charter Old Charter is a brand of bourbon whiskey distilled in Frankfort, Kentucky at the Buffalo Trace Distillery, a part of the Sazerac Company. The whiskey is no longer aged 8 years, despite the claim on the label that it ""is gently matured for eight seasons in century old brick warehouses."" In 2018 Sazerac is facing a class action false advertising lawsuit because of the claim on the label. The Old Charter brand was established in 1874 by Adam and Benjamin Chapeze, brothers operating under the name A. B. Chapeze, who were operating a distillery on the Bardstown branch"
"Brothers Cowboy Bourbon harvested 2009 bottled 2015 from spirits writer Jim Murray in his book ""Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2017"" (). ""US Micro Whisky of the Year"" for Garrison Brothers Balmorhea Bourbon from spirits writer Jim Murray in his book ""Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2019"" () . Garrison Brothers Distillery Garrison Brothers Distillery is a distillery in Hye, Texas. The distillery produces Texas Straight Bourbon, as well as some experimental variants. In 2006, the distillery was granted the first stiller's permit for bourbon outside of Kentucky and Tennessee, which makes it the oldest, legal, bourbon distillery in Texas. Although in"
"celebrations. Hurricanes are a famous French Quarter drink, as are sazerac cocktails and absinthe. The upper South, specifically Kentucky, is known for its production of bourbon whiskey, which is a popular base for cocktails. As of 2005, Kentucky was credited with producing 95% of the world's bourbon, which has been referred to as America's only native spirit. The mint julep is traditionally depicted as a popular beverage among more affluent Southerners. Many other bourbons are produced in Kentucky including Evan Williams, Wild Turkey and Bulleit.Southern Comfort is a flavored distilled spirit modeled after bourbon and made in Louisiana. Another form"
"and is located in Ste. Genevieve Township. New Bourbon, Missouri New Bourbon (French: Nouvelle Bourbon) is an abandoned village located in Ste. Genevieve Township in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. New Bourbon is located about two and a half miles south of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. New Bourbon, originally called Nouvelle Bourbon, was named in honor of the sovereign of Spain, Charles IV (1788-1819), of the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon and would memorialize the executed Bourbon king of France, Louis XVI. The village of Nouvelle Bourbon was established in 1793 by order of Baron Carondelet, Governor of the colony"
"Old Forester Old Forester is a brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey produced by the Brown-Forman Corporation. It is officially the longest running Bourbon on the market today (approximately 145 years as of 2016), and was the first bourbon sold exclusively in sealed bottles. It was first bottled and marketed in 1870 by the former pharmaceutical salesman turned bourbon-merchant George Garvin Brown – the founder of the Brown-Forman Corporation (whose descendants still manage the company). During the Prohibition period from 1920 to 1933, it was one of only 10 brands authorized for lawful production (for medicinal purposes). Old Forester is"
"Old Forester Old Forester is a brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey produced by the Brown-Forman Corporation. It is officially the longest running Bourbon on the market today (approximately 145 years as of 2016), and was the first bourbon sold exclusively in sealed bottles. It was first bottled and marketed in 1870 by the former pharmaceutical salesman turned bourbon-merchant George Garvin Brown – the founder of the Brown-Forman Corporation (whose descendants still manage the company). During the Prohibition period from 1920 to 1933, it was one of only 10 brands authorized for lawful production (for medicinal purposes). Old Forester is"
"Distilling in Blackwater's Eastern Shore was the first to start distilling a true Maryland rye whiskey. Twin Valley Distillers claims to be the first producer in Maryland of a bourbon product. There are two known Maryland distillers that either bottled or had bottled bourbon products- Sherwood Distilling Company in Westminster, Maryland and the Majestic Distilling Company in Lansdowne, Maryland. Although neither of them actually produced the product. According to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulation, a bourbon is not to exceed 80% ABV from not less than 51% fermented corn mash and to be stored in new charred oak containers,"
"Rowan's Creek Rowan's Creek is a brand of bourbon whiskey produced in Bardstown, Kentucky by Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD). It is named for the creek which runs through the grounds of the site's distillery. The creek, in turn, is named after John Rowan, a statesman in Kentucky during the late 1700s and early 1800s, whose mansion is said to have inspired the Stephen Foster song ""My Old Kentucky Home"". The brand is one of several small batch bourbon offerings by KBD. As of October, 2011, it is the best-selling brand produced by KBD, and is available in 27 states. Rowan's"
"must be produced within a certain region around Vidalia, Georgia, as defined by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, and ""100% Florida orange juice"" is certified as being such by that state's Department of Citrus. Some of these marks are protected in the United States under certification mark law, such as the Idaho Potato Commission's ""Idaho"" and ""Grown in Idaho"" registered trademarks for potatoes. Tennessee whiskey is straight Bourbon Whiskey produced in the state of Tennessee. This definition is legally established under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which states that Tennessee whiskey is ""a straight Bourbon Whiskey authorised to"
"Batken viruses have only been reported in the Eastern hemisphere. The Bourbon virus was first identified in a previously healthy man aged more than 50 years from Bourbon County, Kansas, United States, who worked as a farmer. He died in June 2014. Dana Hawkinson from the University of Kansas Hospital, where the patient was treated, has speculated that the virus had been previously present undetected. There have been five confirmed cases since 2014. The CDC is developing investigational diagnostic tests for Bourbon virus infection; as of December 2014, CDC and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment were planning to"