Bluegrass Bourbon Barons / by Bryan S. Bush.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bush, Bryan S., 1966- author.

Series:

American Palate

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bourbon whiskey--Kentucky--History.

Bourbon whiskey.

Whiskey industry--Kentucky--History.

Whiskey industry.

Industrialists--Kentucky--Biography.

Industrialists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : American Palate, 2021.

Summary:

Kentucky is the home of bourbon, and there are a proud few who helped usher the industry into prominence. Learn about men like bourbon baron Isaac Bernheim, who founded the Bernheim Forest and Research Center, or John Douglas, who built a racetrack for the trotter racing industry and was known as the "Prince of Sports." George Garvin Brown and his business partner, George Forman, formed the Brown-Forman Company, which today is one of the largest American-owned companies in the spirits and wine business. With such enormous wealth came the temptation for fraud, which led to several bourbon leaders becoming involved in some of Kentucky's famous scandals. Author and Kentucky historian Bryan S. Bush details the intoxicating history of bourbon's biggest historical names.

Contents:

Intro

Half Tile

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Colonel John James Douglas: Yosemite, Jim Douglas, Douglas Malt, Eagle Elk, Glynn Valley, Winetrop Club, Carlton, Salvator and Meleager

2. Thomas Sherley: E.L. Miles Company and the New Hope Distillery Company

3. John McDougal Atherton: Atherton Distillery

4. Samuel Grabfelder: Echo Springs and Rose Valley

5. David H. Taylor and J.T. Williams: Yellowstone, Rich Hill and Honey Dew

6. Charles Moorman: J.H. Cutter Old Bourbon

7. John G. Roach: Old Log Cabin, Rich Grain, Bel Air and King of Kentucky Distilleries

8. Paul Jones Jr.: Four Roses

9. Philip Hollenbach: Glencoe Distillery

10. James Thompson, Frank Thompson, Frank Thompson Jr. and James "Buddy" Thompson: Glenmore Distillery

11. Nathan Block: Kentucky Oaks, Kentucky Derby, Tremont and Gold Dust

12. George Swearingen: The Mellwood Distillery

13. Henry McKenna: McKenna Distillery

14. Isaac and Bernard Bernheim: Bernheim Distillery

15. Marion Taylor: Old Charter Distillery

16. Nathan Uri: Parker Rye

17. Frank, Robert, William and Ernest S. Bonnie: Bonnie Rye, Joel B. Frazier, Nelson Club, Bonnie Bourbon and Bonnie Malt

18. Moses Schwartz: Sweetwood Distillery Company

19. Philip and Arthur Stitzel and William Larue Weller: Old Fitzgerald

20. John Thomas Street Brown &amp

Sons: Old Prentice

21. George G. Brown and Sons: Brown-Forman Corporation

22. The Jim Beam Family Bourbon Legacy

23. Dietrich Meschendorf: Old Kentucky Distillery

24. Major W.H. Thomas and Percy Thomas: Thomas &amp

Son

25. David Sachs &amp

Sons: Marion County Distillery and Puritan Rye

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781439673034

1439673039

OCLC:

1261367176