Bourbon's Toastworthy Moments

BOURBON'S Toastworthy Moments 1783 Evan Williams opens first COMMERCIAL WHISKEY DISTILLERY 1785 Bourbon County, Kentucky was named after the FRENCH ROYAL FAMILY THE HOUSE of BOURBON 1788 Jacob Beam settled in BOURBON COUNTY and began distilling whiskey 1789 Reverend Elijah Craig CHARRED THE INSIDE OF HIS WHISKEY BARRELS XXXXXX: 1791-1794 "WHISKEY REBELLION" drove yankee distillers south to Kentucky (XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX*X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX*X (XXXXXXXXXXX 1825 Dr. James Crow's SOUR MASH PROCESS BROUGHT| CONSISTENT QUALITY TO WHISKEY 1880 KENTUCKY DISTILLERS ASSOCIATION formed to protect industry from PROHIBITIONISTS .OWIDERT JAYLOR EDMUND H. TAYLOR. JR. E. H. TAYLOR JR. & SONS DISTILLERS TAY ..TAYLON "HEW ET NENMANCY THE ONLY GENUINE FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY "TAYLOR" WHIDKIES 1897 1888 Kentucky Senator & Bourbon distillery owner Paul Fones, Fr. trademarks FOUR ROSES BOURBON E.H. TAYLOR introduces the BOTTLED-IN BOND ACT to authenticate bourbon quality. 1909 "THE TAFT Artilicn DECISION" officially defines the difference between STRAIGHT STRAIGHT eKY WHIS PRONT LABEL BACK LABDL SPIRITS Uncle Sam Says: and BLENDED The Label must tell the truth, so alwaya read carefully the label. WHISKEY Every brand we sell is labeled in. the above manner and you afould refuse to accept any whiskey which faile to state the guarintee of the contents on the lahel. Thompson Straight Whiskey Co. The fakir at Work UVINGSTON TROMPsON, Pridat Louisville, Kentuckky PROHIBITION 1920 1933 BEFORE PROHIBITION THERE WERE 183 BOURBON DISTILLERIES IS ONE OF THE SIX LEGALLY LIČENSED TO DISTILL BOURBON FOR PRESCRIP TONBIAK SAVOMTAPROHIRIIONAOT oOK D24764 LANK 59 R e. Famn koi "MEDICINAL PURPOSES ONLY." GANCELLen ce. 1938 BOURBON WHISKEY aged in NEW CHARRED OAK BARRELS 1940'S - 1950'S FOUR ROSES IS AMERICA'S TOP SELLING BOURBON WHISKEY DOUGLAS LEICH INC. 1964 CONGRESS DECREED "BOURBON WHISKEY IS A DISTINCTIVE PRODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES." 1960 FOUR ROSES BOURBON IS NO LONGER SOLD IN THE U.S. ILE 1999 KENTUCKY ForR ROSES SomerY atends the fireman's ball! CREATES DISTILLERS' TRAIL THE Est, 1880 ASo 1TION No thorns. 2002 Four Roses Four Roses after 35 years FOUR ROSES BOURBON IS ONCE AGAIN Four Roses FourRoses BOURBON Four Roses SINGLE BARREL SMALL BATCH BARREL SMALL BATCH SOLD IN THE U.S. ROur Roses 2013 125 FOUR ROSES named American Distiller of a 2013 vERSA the Year for 3rd consecutive year. BOURBO To celebrate our 125th anniversary, we are inviting you to share your Four Roses favorite original toast, or toasts, by visiting the web site below. Submit as many original toasts as you'd like as offen as yOu want throughout 2013, and then, we'll select one winning toast to.be featured on our 2014 Limited Edition Single Barrel bottle. Help us celebrate at: BOURBON YearOfTheToast.com kybourbontrail.com/history kybourbon.com/index.php/about_us fourrosesbourbon.com/a-little-history DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING jimbeam.com/heritage/seven-generations bourbonheritagecenter.com/history/taste-a-tradition bourbonheritagecenter.com/history/bourbon-pioneers Young, Al. Four Roses The Return of a Whiskey Legend. Louisville, Kentucky: Butler Books, 2010 thehistorychannelclub.com/articles/articletype/articleview/articleid/210/distilled-waters-run-deep KEN