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Schenley Industries was a liquor company based in New York City with headquarters in the Empire State Building and a distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. It owned several brands of Bourbon whiskey , including Schenley, The Old Quaker Company, Cream of Kentucky, Golden Wedding Rye, I.W. Harper , and James E. Pepper . [ 1 ]
Lewis Solon Rosenstiel (21 July 1891 – 21 January 1976) was the founder of Schenley Industries, an American liquor company, and a philanthropist. [1] [2]The Rosenstiel Award, issued by Brandeis University and the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami, is named after him and his wife.
The company was acquired by Schenley Industries of New York in 1956, and under new ownership the company's efforts were focused more strongly on the whisky market, with a number of investments in that sector, including the purchasing of Laphroaig in 1962.
The senior Chaplin started his business career in spirits with a part-time job in the mailroom at Schenley Industries in an office inside New York’s Empire State Building in 1946, the year he ...
The company distributed various brands, including Haig & Haig and King William IV scotch whiskeys, Gordon's gin and vodka, Rémy Martin cognac, Piper-Heidsieck champagne, and Martini & Rossi vermouth. In 1986, Renfield Importers was sold to Schenley Industries, which was itself sold to Guinness the following year. [10]
In 1958, Pabst Brewing Company, then the nation's tenth largest brewer, acquired Blatz, the eighteenth largest, from Schenley Industries. In 1959, the federal government brought an action charging that the acquisition violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act as amended by the Celler-Kefauver Anti-Merger amendment.
The Schenley Club symbolized the company’s commitment to its workers, fostering a community spirit within the industrial site. Schenley’s impact extended beyond its physical location. The company owned several other prominent brands and distilleries across the country, including the historic Glenmore Distillery and the Old Quaker distillery ...
The distillery was founded in 1927 by Seager Evans and Co. The first spirit was produced in 1928. [1]The company was acquired by Schenley Industries of New York in 1956, who invested heavily in the site, including the addition of a Single malt whisky branded Kinclaith, which started producing in 1958. [1]