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Maker's Mark's origin began when T. William "Bill" Samuels Sr., purchased the Burks' Distillery in Loretto, Kentucky, for $35,000 [1] on October 1, 1953. [2] Production began in 1954, and the first run was bottled in 1958 under the brand's dipped red wax seal [2] (U.S. trademark serial number 73526578).
In his 1796 book, Congressman William Findley argued that Alexander Hamilton had deliberately provoked the Whiskey Rebellion. The resistance came to a climax in 1794. In May of that year, federal district attorney William Rawle issued subpoenas for more than 60 distillers in Pennsylvania who had not paid the excise tax. [ 50 ]
BookTube is a subcommunity on YouTube that focuses on books and literature. The BookTube community has, to date, reached hundreds of thousands of viewers worldwide. While the majority of BookTubers focus on Young Adult literature, many address other genres.
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition awarded three gold and three double gold medals to the bourbon between 2006 and 2012. [ 1 ] George T. Stagg was awarded the Chairman's Trophy among Kentucky Straight Bourbons at the 2014 New York "Ultimate Spirits Challenge", [ 2 ] and in 2013 it won the Best North American Whiskey award at the World ...
The Mauritius Command is the fourth naval historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1977. Aubrey is married and the father of twin girls, owner of a cottage with a fine observatory he built.
The brand is sold as a straight bourbon, typically in 750 millilitres (26 imp fl oz; 25 US fl oz) glass bottles. Elijah Craig whiskey is offered in both small batch and single barrel bottlings. The small batch variation (94 U.S. proof , 47% ABV ) is also available in glass 375 millilitres (13.2 imp fl oz; 12.7 US fl oz) and 1.75 litres (0.38 ...
Command Authority is a techno-thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and co-written with Mark Greaney, and published on December 3, 2013. It is Clancy's last major work of fiction and was released two months after his death.
Bourbon Democrat was a term used in the United States in the later 19th century and early 20th century (1872–1904) to refer to members of the Democratic Party who were ideologically aligned with fiscal conservatism or classical liberalism, [1] especially those who supported presidential candidates Charles O'Conor in 1872, Samuel J. Tilden in 1876, President Grover Cleveland in 1884, 1888 ...