Bourbon historian Michael R. Veach, former associate curator at Louisville’s Filson Historical Society, traces the spirit’s history from the 1790s Whiskey Rebellion through the Civil War, Prohibition, and the Great Depression to its modern resurgence.
Along the way he covers colorful figures from Carry Nation to George Garvin Brown, who created Old Forester as the first bourbon sold exclusively by the bottle, separating fact from legend in Congress’s only federally protected native spirit.
Published 2013
160 pages
$11.55