FYI
Lanier wrote
"Let me sip a little Evan Williams 1783 and if it
comes back to
me (my memory, that is) I'll holler back.
Evan Williams Kentucky Bourbon 1783
Heaven Hills Distillers
approx 7-10 year old Bourbon
86 to 90 proof
Under $10.00 per fifth
Here is short biographies
Heaven Hill, which makes Evan Williams Bourbon today,
claims he was Kentucky's "first commercial distiller."
Evan Williams did establish a distillery in Louisville
in 1783, just four years after the little settlement
by the Falls of the Ohio was laid out and named. A few
years later, he was indicted for making whiskey
without a license, an offense that didn't prevent his
neighbors from electing him to the town's first
elected Board of Trustees in 1797. The new Board's
rules included the requirement that any "ardent or
spirituous liquors" brought to Board meetings would be
forfeited "for the use of the board after
adjournment." It was said that Williams always arrived
for the meetings with a full jug and always left with
an empty one. He also held the important post of
Harbor Master for the young river town. Williams'
distillery was still in operation in 1802, when his
neighbors had it declared a nuisance for polluting a
stream with distillery slop. He died on October 15,
1810.
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Lanier wrote
"Let me sip a little Evan Williams 1783 and if it
comes back to
me (my memory, that is) I'll holler back.
Evan Williams Kentucky Bourbon 1783
Heaven Hills Distillers
approx 7-10 year old Bourbon
86 to 90 proof
Under $10.00 per fifth
Here is short biographies
Heaven Hill, which makes Evan Williams Bourbon today,
claims he was Kentucky's "first commercial distiller."
Evan Williams did establish a distillery in Louisville
in 1783, just four years after the little settlement
by the Falls of the Ohio was laid out and named. A few
years later, he was indicted for making whiskey
without a license, an offense that didn't prevent his
neighbors from electing him to the town's first
elected Board of Trustees in 1797. The new Board's
rules included the requirement that any "ardent or
spirituous liquors" brought to Board meetings would be
forfeited "for the use of the board after
adjournment." It was said that Williams always arrived
for the meetings with a full jug and always left with
an empty one. He also held the important post of
Harbor Master for the young river town. Williams'
distillery was still in operation in 1802, when his
neighbors had it declared a nuisance for polluting a
stream with distillery slop. He died on October 15,
1810.
===
Pete Papas-->http://members.tripod.com/~mehawk_ii/index.html
. ___________ (MY TOYS) (904)672-0571
./_][__][] []| 1973 GMC M/H 1976 Bi-Centennial Harley M/C
.*O-------OO-* Painted Desert 1979 280ZX Datsun (1 of 1000)
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