Page numbers refer to the print edition.
ABC. See Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
ABV. See proof
Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 97–98
additives: dangerous, 4, 14, 91; harmless coloring/flavoring/blending materials (HCFBM), 144; prohibited in bourbon, 13, 14, 16, 90, 91, 144; rectified whiskey, 4, 14, 90, 91, 101, 103, 105
Adkins, Dusty, 122
advertising. See marketing
aging bourbon, 12–13
Alcohol Administration Act, 142
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), 13–14, 16, 78–79, 142–43, 146–47
alcohol by volume. See proof
American Medicinal Spirits Company (AMS), 3, 54, 70, 111
America’s Native Spirit, 20–21, 40
Ancient Age Distillery, 6, 10. See also Buffalo Trace Distillery
A. Ph. Stitzel Distillery, 111
The Art of Blending and Compounding Liquors and Wines, 4
Baker, R. A., 63
BAM. See Beverage Alcohol Manual
barrelhead branding, 23, 26, 27, 28, 73, 136
barrels. See containers
Barton Distillery: Brown-Forman litigation, 75–76, 139–42; puffery, 76; tasting notes, 1792 Small Batch bourbon, 77; unclean hands, 81
Baskett, J. S., 29–31
Beam, Jacob, 59
Beam, Joseph L., 59
Beam Suntory, 10, 19, 47, 54, 58, 63, 73, 77
Bernheim Distilling Co., 130
Beverage Alcohol Manual (BAM), 142–46
Blanton Distilling Co., 133
blended whiskey. See rectified whiskey
blenders. See rectifiers
bonding period, 93–94
Bottled-in-Bond: Act of 1897, 4, 91–94; additives prohibited, 13, 14, 16, 90, 91, 144; advocacy by Col. E. H. Taylor Jr., 91, 99; brand examples, 31, 67, 92; brand revival, 6; bonding periods, 93–94; consumer protection, 4, 85, 90–94; definition, 91–92; labeling regulations, 147; purity guaranteed, 94; Reagan-era deregulation, 92
bourbon: additives prohibited, 13, 14, 16, 90, 91, 144; age statements, 12–13, 144–46; barrel aging of, 9, 12, 13; bottled in bond, 91–94; charring of barrels, 9, 11, 12, 145, 154n10; craft, 9; defined, 9–15; distinctive U.S. product resolution (1964), 2, 20–21, 40; finishing, 19; foreign ownership, 10; as geographically protected term, 10, 154n5; grains, 9, 11, 12, 85, 133; historically from Kentucky, 10–11, 154n8; Kentucky in name, 16; labeling restrictions, 13, 14, 78–79, 105–6, 135–48; mash bill, 9, 11, 133, 154n10; Prohibition and, 107–22; proof ranges, 9, 10, 17, 91–92; Pure Food and Drug Act and, 14, 15, 47, 48, 97, 98, 99, 103, 105, 126; recipe for rectified, 4; rye as flavor grain, 11, 154n8, 154n10; selling, by consumers, 116–21; single barrel, 18, 19; small batch, 18; sourcing, 128–34; standards of identity, 9, 10; straight, 12–15, 16, 94, 101; Taft Decision, 14–15, 105–6, 126; wheat as flavor grain, 11
brand name, 23–24, 73; Beam, 59; Churchill Downs versus Churchill Downs Distillery, 73–74; Dant versus Dant, 68–69; Hermitage versus Golden Heritage, 80, 81; Honeymoon versus Honeycomb, 71, 72, 73; Ky. Criterion versus Ky. Credential, 71, 72, 73; Old Crow versus Celebrated Old Crow, 43–51; Old Pepper versus Old Oscar Pepper, 25–28; Old Taylor versus Fine Old Kentucky Taylor, 99–105; Old Taylor versus K. Taylor, 65–66; Taylor versus Stagg, 31–36; T. W. Samuels versus Old Samuels, 66–68; Waterfill & Frazier versus Waterfill & Frazier, 59–63
Brown-Forman: Barton litigation, 75–76, 139–42; bourbon revival, role in, 6; Ezra Brooks litigation, 136–39; Pepper, Crow, and Labrot, connection to, 6, 24–25; tasting notes, Old Forester bourbon, 82; tasting notes, Woodford Reserve bourbon, 140, 142; Woodford Reserve, purchase of, 6
Brunswig Drug Co., 111
Buffalo Trace Distillery, 6, 10, 28, 30, 133; tasting notes, E. H. Taylor Small Batch Bottled in Bond bourbon 31; tasting notes, Pappy Van Winkle bourbon, 117; tasting notes, Stagg Jr. bourbon, 34
Bulleit Frontier Whiskey bourbon, tasting notes, 124
Cain Spring Whiskey, 99
Carlisle, John G., 91
Carlisle Distillery, 32–33
cask. See containers
Castle & Key, 31
celebrity endorsement, 5
Certificate of Label Approval (COLA), 143
Chadders Restaurant, 138
charring of barrels, 9, 11, 12, 145, 154n10
Churchill Downs Distilling Company, 73–74
COLA. See Certificate of Label Approval
Collier’s Weekly, 97–98
Commonwealth Distillery, 86
confusion: actual confusion, or not, 51–52, 69–73; intentional deceit, 49, 80–81; surnames, 59–69
consumer protection, 4, 85–106; Bottled-in-Bond Act, 91–94; Pure Food and Drug Act, 14, 15, 47, 48, 97, 98, 99, 103, 105, 126; Taft Decision, 14–15, 105–6, 126
containers: charred new oak required, 9, 12, 145, 154n10; finishing, 19; length of time required, 12, 145. See also aging bourbon
corn: benefits for slop, 85; primary grain for bourbon, 9, 11, 154n8, 154n10
counterfeit whiskey, 118–19, 122
Country Distillers Products, Inc., 66–68
Craig, Rev. Elijah, 82
Crow, Dr. James, 6, 24–27, 39, 43–44, 46, 53
Crown Royal Bourbon Mash Blended Canadian Whisky, 16
Curtsinger, Gilbert “Toby,” 122
Dant, George Washington, 68
Dant, John P., Sr., 68
Dant, Joseph, 68
Dant, Joseph Washington, 68
Dant Distillery Co. Inc., 68
Dehrer, Tony, 114
Denhardt, Henry H., 109
Diageo, 10, 123, 124; red wax litigation, 36–41
Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS), 19, 54, 57–58
distilleries: foreign ownership of, 10; industrial alcohol production during World War II, 67, 110, 113–14; medicinal licenses during Prohibition, 111. See also specific distilleries
distinctive U.S. product resolution (1964), 2, 20–21, 40
Dowling, John, 60–63
dry counties, 108–10
Duffy, Walter P., 94–99; purchase of O.F.C., 97, 157n75
Duffy’s Malt Whiskey: exposé of, in Collier’s Weekly, 97–98; false advertising, 94, 95–96; false medicinal claims, 94, 95; false testimonials, 95, 96, 97, 98; fraud, 97; libel litigation, 95, 96; non-medicinal, court ruling, 97; as prompt for Pure Food and Drug Act, 97–98, 99
Duke Spirits, 139
E. H. Taylor, Jr. & Sons, 32, 64–65, 103
E. H. Taylor Small Batch Bottled in Bond bourbon, tasting notes, 31
East End Distillery, 72
Edgewood Whiskey, 124–25
Eighteenth Amendment, 54, 110, 111. See also Prohibition
Elijah Craig Small Batch bourbon, 6, 17, 18, 145; tasting notes, 17
Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 114
Eminence Distilling Company, 86
environmental concerns, 85–86
exaggeration. See puffery
Ezra Brooks bourbon, 137–39
Ezra Brooks Distilling Company, 137
false advertising, 94–96
Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAAA), 78, 142
Fine Old Kentucky Taylor, 99–105
finishing, 19
Fitzgerald, John E., 43
Food and Fuel Control (Lever) Act of 1917, 110
food labels, 95
Four Roses bourbon, tasting notes, 18
Four Roses Distillery, 10, 12, 17, 19, 123, 131
Foust Distilling Co., 131
Frankfort Distillery, 63–64, 111
Franklin County Distilling Company, 65
fraud: “The Great American Fraud,” Collier’s Weekly, 97–98; James E. Pepper, 126–28; Kraus v. Pebbles litigation, 126–28; Old Crow, as example, 158n2; secret sourcing, 125–26; Walter P. Duffy, 94–99
Frazier, Grant G., 60–63
Frazier, R. H., 60
Frentz, B. J., 73–74
Gaines, Berry, & Co. See W. A. Gaines & Co.
Glenmore Distillery, 111
Glenn’s Creek, 24, 44–46, 49, 51, 58
Gould, Robert, 129–31
government regulation: age statements, 12–13, 144–46; aging, 12–13; additives prohibited, 13, 14, 16, 90, 91, 144; bottled in bond, 91–94; corn, required percentage of, 9, 11, 154n8, 154n10; charred new oak container, 9, 12, 145, 154n10; labeling restrictions, 13, 14, 78–79, 105–6, 135–48; Prohibition, 107–22; proof ranges, 9, 10, 17, 91–92; standards of identity, 9, 10; straight bourbon, 12–15, 16, 94, 101; wartime prohibition, 67, 110, 113–14, 130. See also specific laws
handmade, 20, 76–79. See also puffery
Harper-Reynolds Liquor Co., 136
HCFBM. See additives
Heaven Hill Distilleries, 6, 10, 144–45; tasting notes, Elijah Craig Small Batch bourbon, 17; tasting notes, Heaven Hill Select Stock bourbon, 20; tasting notes, Henry McKenna Single Barrel Bottled in Bond 10-Year bourbon, 92
Heaven Hill Select Stock bourbon, tasting notes, 20
Hellman. See I. & L. Hellman Company
Henry McKenna Single Barrel Bottled in Bond 10-Year bourbon, tasting notes, 92
H. E. Pogue Distillery. See Pogue Distillery
Herbst, Solomon C., 43
Hermitage, 80–81
Hermitage Distillery, 44
Hiram Walker & Sons, 131
Hoffman Distilling Company, 137
Honeycomb, 72–73
Honeymoon, 72
Hope Distillery, 3–4
I. & L. Hellman Company, 48–54
imitation whiskey. See rectified whiskey
In-N-Out Burger, 138
Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, 137–39
James E. Pepper Distillery, 14–15, 25, 126–28
J. & J. M. Saffell Distillery, 88
J. B. Wathen & Bros. Company, 70–72
J. B. Wathen & Brother Distillery, 3, 70
Jim Beam, 54–58; tasting notes, Old Crow bourbon, 47; tasting notes, Old Grand-Dad Bottled in Bond bourbon, 67
J. M. Waterfill & Co. Distillers, 60
John P. Dant Distillery, 68–69
Johnson, Van, 46
Jose Curevo Reserva de La Familia, 37–40
Jos. R. Peebles’ Sons Company, 126–28
J. S. Taylor Distillery, 32, 157n56
J. W. Dant Distillery. See Dant Distillery Co. Inc.
Kentucky: bourbon historically from, 10–11, 154n8; conditions favorable to bourbon production, 2, 3; migration of distillers to, 2, 3; use in name of bourbon, 16; vintage spirits law, 118, 122, 168n52
Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC), 114
Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Ltd. See Willett Distillery
Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co. See Kentucky Whiskey Trust
Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company, 86
Kentucky Whiskey Trust, 70–73, 88–90, 129, 136; compared to the Distillers’ and Cattle Feeders’ Trust, 162n71
Kirin Company, Ltd., 10
Krauss, Otto, 126–28
Kraver, Henry, 86
K. Taylor Distilling Co., 65–66
Ky. Credential, 72–73
Ky. Criterion, 71
labeling restrictions. See truth in labeling
Labrot & Graham, 6, 24–27, 126, 141–42
Lanham Act, 139
Lever Act. See Food and Fuel Control (Lever) Act of 1917
Limestone Branch Distillery, 59, 69
Liquor Outlet, 114–16
Listerine, 98
Luxco, Inc., 10, 69, 123; tasting notes, Yellowstone bourbon, 69. See also Limestone Branch Distillery
Lux Row Distillery, 123–24
Maker’s Mark Distillery: Country Distillers litigation, 66–68; handmade litigation, 20, 76–79; origins, 66–67; red wax litigation, 6, 36–41; tasting notes, 41, 42
The Manufacture of Liquors, Wines & Cordials without the Aid of Distillation, 4
marketing, 16–17, 19, 20; BAM, 143–46; brand name origin, 23, 24, 73; celebrity endorsement, 5; DISCUS, 19, 54, 57–58; Ezra Brooks, 137–39; “Give ’em the Bird,” 54–58; imitation, 136–39; Jack Daniel’s, 137–39; James Pepper, 26–27; Maker’s Mark, 40, 158n93; Old Crow, 54–58; puffery, 75–83; vulgarity prohibited, 57–58; Wild Turkey, 54–58
Master Softee, 138
Maxwell’s Pic-Pac, 114–16
Meadowlawn Distillery, 68
medicinal use, 111–12
Mellwood Distillery, 135–36
merchant bottler. See sourced whiskey
MGP Ingredients, Inc., 132–33
Mill Wood Distilling Co., 136
Millwood, 135–36
Mister Softee, 138
Mitchell, W. F., 25, 27, 43, 46
Morris, Chris, 140
Moseley, Victor, 72
National Distillers Products Corporation, 66
Nelson Distilling Co., 88
Newcomb-Buchanan Co., 29–31
Nike, 52
Noah’s Mill Distilling Company, 134
Noe, Fred, 59
non-distiller producer. See sourced whiskey
O.F.C., 28–36; brand, 32, 35–36; distillery, 28–29; purchase by Duffy, 97, 157n75; purchase by Stagg, 31–32; purchase by Taylor, 28; Taylor v. Stagg litigation, 33–36
Office of Price Administration (OPA), 114, 130
old, as a description, 146
Old Charter Distillery, 99, 102
Old Crow bourbon: as example of fraud, 158n2; fame, 5, 43, 44–46; tasting notes, 47
Old Crow Distillery: brand-name litigation, 43–54; “Give ’em the Bird” litigation, 54–58; Glenn’s Creek, 44–46; injury litigation, 87; at J. S. Taylor Distillery, 157n56; Life advertisement, 45; at Old Oscar Pepper Distillery, 24–25; origins, 24–25, 27, 43–44; Prohibition, survival because of, 54; tasting notes, Old Crow bourbon, 47
Old Fashioned Copper Distillery. See O.F.C.
Old Fire Copper Distillery. See O.F.C.
Old Forester bourbon, 6, 140; tasting notes, 82
Old Grand-Dad Bottled in Bond bourbon, tasting notes, 67
Old Grand-Dad Distillery: brand ownership, 63–64, 66, 73; tasting notes, Old Grand-Dad bourbon, 67
Old Jay, 48
Old Jordan, 66–67
Old Oscar Pepper Distillery, 24–28, 43–46, 51, 126
Old Pepper, 126–28
Old Pogue Distillery. See Pogue Distillery
Old Pogue Master’s Select bourbon, tasting notes, 89
Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, 133
Old Samuels Distillery, Inc., 67
Old Taylor bourbon: K. Taylor litigation, 64–66; Marion Taylor litigation, 99–105; origins, 32–33, 64–65; Stagg litigation, 33–36
Old Taylor Distillery: Castle & Key, 31; fame, 32–33, 64–65; Glenn’s Creek, 44–46; J. S. Taylor Distillery, previously, 32, 157n56
olive oil, 132
OPA. See Office of Price Administration
Papa John’s Int’l, Inc., 83
Pappygate, 122
Pappy Van Winkle bourbon: counterfeit whiskey, 118–19, 122; secondary market sales, 116–22; tasting notes, 117; theft, 122
Paul Jones Company, 111
Paxton Bros. Co., 124–26
Peacock Distillery, 86
Pennsylvania Whiskey Distributing Co., 130
Pepper, Elijah, 24
Pepper, James E., 14–15, 25–28, 126–28, 142
Pepper, Oscar, 6, 24–27, 44, 46
Pizza Hut, Inc., 83
Pogue Distillery, 87–88, 124–26; tasting notes, Old Pogue Master’s Select bourbon, 89
Prohibition, 107–22; as a cause of crime, 114–15; continuing impact, 107, 113–16; destruction of farmer-distiller operations, 5; failures of, 114–15; judicial bias, 107, 108–9; medicinal exception, 111; precursors, 107–10; repeal of, 113–22; saving Old Crow, 54; search and seizure, 112–13; Volstead Act, 54, 111, 112; wartime prohibition, 67, 110, 113–14, 130
proof: barrel proof, 17; barrel strength, 17; for bottled in bond, 91–92; cask strength, 17; ranges for bourbon 9, 10
property rights, 86
puffery, 75–83; defined, 75; Brown-Forman v. Barton litigation, 75–76; handmade, 76–79; Hermitage litigation, 79–81; legendary, 76; non-bourbon examples, 83; old, 146
Pure Food and Drug Act, 98–99; continuing influence, 98; disputes between rectifiers and straight bourbon producers, 14; E. H. Taylor v. Marion Taylor litigation, 99–105; false labeling litigation, 14; “The Great American Fraud,” influence of, 97, 98; Old Crow litigation, influence of, 47, 48; purity claims, 14; rectifiers, continuing challenges by, 49; Taft Decision, clarification by, 14, 15, 105–6, 126
Pure Kentucky XO bourbon, 15, 16; tasting notes, 15
purity: bottled in bond, guarantee of, 92, 93, 94; defined, 16, 17; false claims of, by James E. Pepper, 128; false claims of, by Marion Taylor, 101, 103, 104; marketing, use in, 16, 17, 83; Pure Food and Drug Act, clarification by, 14; rectifiers, claims of, 14, 48; regulation on use of word, 147
Rare Breed bourbon, tasting notes, 55
Raven Valley, 48
rebellion against taxation, 2, 153n2
rectified whiskey: additives, 4, 14, 90, 91, 101, 103, 105; consumer preference, 94, 101; labeled as imitation, 103; laboratory analysis, 99–100; recipe, 4; Taft Decision, 14–15, 105–6, 126
rectifiers, 48–49, 90–91, 101, 103; claims of purity, 14, 16, 48, 91; litigation against, 48–54, 99–105, 135–36; opposition to, 4–5, 14–15; Taft Decision, 14–15, 105–6, 126
red wax. See Maker’s Mark Distillery, litigation
repeal: effects of, 113–22, 128; eighty-five-day delay in Washington DC, 167n34; rush to reopen, after, 5, 63, 65; Twenty-First Amendment, 113, 115
R. E. Wathen & Co., 71–73
Ridgewood Reserve, 75–77
Ripy, Thomas, 129–30
Ripy Brothers, 129–30
Rock Spring Distilling Company, 52–54
Rowan’s Creek Distillery, 134
Russell, Eddie, 129
Russell, Jimmy, 129
Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel bourbon, tasting notes, 129
rye: “high-rye,” brand examples, 12, 18, 66, 124; “high-rye,” comparison, 11, 12; as secondary grain, 11–12, 154n8, 154n10
sacramental use, 111–12
sales restrictions: drummers, 73; grocer sales, 114–16; licensure to sell, 115–16, 118–21; pre-Prohibition, 114–15; selling, by consumers, 116–21; selling, in dry counties, 109–10
Samuels, Bill, Jr., 36, 37, 158n93
Samuels, Taylor William (“Bill Sr.”), 36, 67–68, 158n93
Samuels, Taylor William (“T. W.”), 66, 67
Schenley Distillers, Inc., 68–69, 111, 129–30
search and seizure, 112–13
secondary market, 116–22. See also sales restrictions
selling bourbon. See sales restrictions
1792 Small Batch bourbon, 75, 77
Sherwood Distilling Co., 131
Silverman, Frank, 137–39
single barrel, 18, 19; brand examples, 6, 18, 92, 119, 129
Skechers, 98
slop, 85–86; litigation, 86, 88
small batch, 17, 18, 19, 133; brand examples, 6, 16, 17, 31, 77
Smith, Kevin, 37
sourced whiskey, 123–34, 139; brand examples, 15, 69, 71, 89, 119, 124, 132, 133, 137; as fraudulent, 124–28; Gould, 130–31; MGP, 132–33; Pepper, 126–28; Pogue, 124–26; World War II, impact of, 129–30
sour mash process, 26, 39, 43, 76, 81, 136
Stagg, George T.: O.F.C. purchase, 31–32; O.F.C. trademark, 32, 35–36; Old Oscar Pepper Distillery purchase, 25; Taylor, in business with, 31–32; Taylor litigation, 33–36
Stagg Jr. bourbon, tasting notes, 34
Stitzel-Weller Distillery, 10, 123
straight bourbon, 12–15, 16, 105–6, 126; litigation against rectifiers, 48–54, 99–105, 135–36
surname: Beam, 59; Dant versus Dant, 68–69; Old Pepper versus Old Oscar Pepper, 25–28; Old Taylor versus Fine Old Kentucky Taylor, 99–105; Old Taylor versus K. Taylor, 65–66; Taylor versus Stagg, 31–36; T. W. Samuels versus Old Samuels, 66–68; Waterfill & Frazier versus Waterfill & Frazier, 59–63
Swearigen, George W., 135–36
Taft, William Howard: as president, 14, 15, 105–6; as Sixth Circuit judge, 14, 15, 126–28; as U.S. Supreme Court chief justice, 14
Taft Decision, 14–15, 105–6, 126, 144; Kraus v. Peebles litigation, influence of, 14, 15, 128
Takara Shuzo, 10
tasting notes: Bulleit Frontier Whiskey, 124; E. H. Taylor Small Batch Bottled in Bond, 31; Elijah Crag Small Batch, 17; Four Roses Single Barrel, 18; Heaven Hill Select Stock, 20; Henry McKenna Single Barrel Bottled in Bond 10-Year, 92; Maker’s Mark, 41; Maker’s Mark 46, 42; Old Crow, 47; Old Forester, 82; Old Grand-Dad Bottled in Bond, 67; Old Pogue Master’s Select, 89; Pappy Van Winkle, 117; Pure Kentucky XO, 15; Rare Breed, 55; Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel, 129; 1792 Small Batch, 77; Stagg Jr., 34; Wathen’s, 71; Willett Family Estate, 119; Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select, 140; Woodford Reserve Double Oaked, 142; Yellowstone 2015 Limited Edition, 69
taxation of bourbon, 2, 93, 94, 153n2
Taylor, Col. Edmund Haynes, Jr.: arrest warrant, 30; Baskett litigation, 29–31; Bottled-in-Bond Act, 90–94; financial problems, 4, 29–31; Glenn’s Creek, 44–46; Marion Taylor litigation, 99–105; O.F.C. 28–36; Old Oscar Pepper Distillery purchase, 25; Old Taylor brand origin, 32–33, 64–65; Old Taylor Distillery, founding, 32–33, 157n56; Pepper, role with, 25; rectifiers, litigation against, 4, 14, 15, 99–105; script signature, 28–29, 32–36; Stagg, in business with, 31–32; Stagg, litigation against, 33–36; W. A. Gaines, role with, 44
Taylor, Marion, 99–105
Taylor-Made Whiskies, 66
temperance: judicial bias, 107, 108–9; movement, 107, 115
Templeton Rye Spirits LLC, 133, 144
three-tier system for regulation of distribution channels, 113
trademark: extension by bourbon, 27, 28, 69, 72, 73, 74; geographic or fair use, precursor to, 27–28; limitations by bourbon, 32, 35–36, 48; surname litigation, 6, 59, 60, 61, 63, 68, 69, 72. See also Lanham Act
trade name, case study, 43–58; deception, 80–81; expansion, 59–74
trading whiskey, 119
truth in labeling, 135–48; age statements, 12–13, 144–46; assumed names, 139; BAM, 142–47; Bottled in Bond, 91–93, 147; Brown-Forman v. Barton litigation, 139–42; disclaimers, 66, 67; Duffy’s Malt Whiskey, 94–99; Ezra Brooks litigation, 136–39; Hermitage litigation, 142; impact on food labels, 95; Kraus v. Peebles litigation, 126–28; Marion Taylor litigation, 99–105; Mellwood litigation, 135–36; misleading prohibited, 146–47; Pepper v. Labrot & Graham litigation, 27–28; Pure Food and Drug Act litigation, 14; regulation, 142–47; source, 124–25; Taft Decision, 14, 15, 105–6; Taylor v. Stagg litigation, 33–36
TTB. See Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Turner-Looker Co., 80–82
Twenty-First Amendment, 113, 115. See also repeal
T. W. Samuels Distillery, 66–68
unclean hands, 81–82, 128, 142
Under Armour, 52
United Distillers of America, Inc., 68, 131
unsafe working conditions, 86–89
Very Old Barton, 145
Victoria’s Secret, 72
Victor’s Secret, 72
vintage spirits, 118, 122, 168n52
W. A. Gaines & Co., 25, 27, 44–54, 79–82
Walsh Distillery, 86
War Production Board, 113–14, 130
War-Time Prohibition Act, 110
Waterfill, James M., 60–63
Waterfill, William J., 60–63
Waterfill & Frazier, 59–63
water pollution, 86
Wathen, Arthur, 112–13
Wathen, Henry Hudson, 70
Wathen, John A., 70
Wathen, John Bernard (“J. B.”), 70, 71
Wathen, Martin Anthanasius (“Nace”), 70
Wathen, Richard Bernard, 70
Wathen, Richard Eugene, 70
Wathen, Richard Nicholas (“Nick”), 70, 108–9
Wathen, William A., 70
Wathen family: family legacy, 3, 70; judicial bias against, 107, 108–9; Kentucky Whiskey Trust, competition with, 71, 72, 73; Kentucky Whiskey Trust, sale to, 70, 71; local option opposition, 107, 108; search and seizure, 112–13; tasting notes, Wathen’s bourbon, 71; trademark litigation, 71–73
Wathen’s bourbon, tasting notes, 71
West End Distillery, 72
wheat: brand examples, 20, 41, 69, 117, 119, 133; as secondary grain, 11
whiskey: defined, 9, 14–15, 103–5, 126; distinguished from bourbon, 15–16; versus whisky, 9, 153n1
whiskey flippers. See secondary market
Whiskey Trust. See Kentucky Whiskey Trust
Wild Turkey: “Give ’em the Bird” litigation, 54–58; Jimmy Russell, Master Distiller, 129; Ripy and Gould history, 129–30; tasting notes, Rare Breed bourbon, 55; tasting notes, Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel bourbon, 129
Willett Family Estate Single Barrel bourbon, tasting notes, 119
Willett Pot Still Reserve bourbon, 134
Wine and Spirit Bulletin, 63, 70, 125
W. L. Weller & Sons, 133
Woodford Reserve Distillery: Barton litigation, 75–76, 139–42; bourbon revival, role in, 6; Glenn’s Creek, 44–46; Pepper, Crow, and Labrot, connection to, 6, 24–25; source of bourbon, 139–42; tasting notes, Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select bourbon, 140; tasting notes, Woodford Reserve Double Oaked bourbon, 142
working conditions. See unsafe working conditions
World War I, temperance-inspired restrictions, 110
World War II: restrictions and suspension of production, 67, 113–14, 130; shortages and sourcing, 128–31
Wright, John J., 99
Yantis, S. S., 65
Yellowstone bourbon, tasting notes, 69