Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage

Veach, Michael R.

ISBN 10: 0813141656 / ISBN 13: 9780813141657

Edité par Lexington, University Press of Kentucky, 2013

A propos de cet article

XI, 141 pages with many b/w-illustrations; clothbound with illustrated jacket.

N° de réf. du vendeur 2024-020058

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage
• Éditeur: Lexington, University Press of Kentucky
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0813141656
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780813141657
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1. Auflage
• État de l'article: Neu
• État de la jaquette: Neu
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Synopsis

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

À propos de l?auteur

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.