Bourbon Bottle

ID: 1900

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Originally only sold by barrel or keg, bourbon began being sold by bottle directly from the distilleries in the late nineteenth century. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Bourbon Whiskey

Bourbon Whiskey

By Tim Talbott

Historical Marker #2295 in Paris notes the influence of bourbon whiskey on Kentucky's history. Whiskey has been distilled in Kentucky since before it was a state. The first white men to settle in the area were from Virginia, Pennsylvania,…