Bourbon & Kentucky: A History Distilled available on May 23 2017 from Amazon for 9.48
UPC bar code 709629048331 ξ1 registered May 23 2017
Product category is Video
Manufacturered by Tmw Media Group
Product weight is 0.2 lbs.
Factory sealed DVD Explores how distilling originated in Kentucky with its first settlers in 1775 and takes the viewer to the sites of Central Kentuckys earliest distilling operations. Magnificent portraits and landscapes adorn the production. Original documents relating to Kentuckys earliest distillers, and pages from Kentuckys earliest newspapers, such as the Lexington Kentucky Gazette and the Paris Western Citizen document on the screen the progression of whiskey-making to the stage where the best of it was old, smooth, amber in color and known as "Bourbon". Bourbon and Kentucky illustrate clearly that Bourbon whiskey is, in fact inexorably intertwined with Kentucky and Americas history.
This is very informative and answers all the "Whys?" I had about Kentucky bourbon. One learns why it's called Kentucky Bourbon, and why Kentucky became popular for distilling (it's in the plentiful water!). The climate is ideal for growing corn, a crop that has many uses.The documentary starts out focusing on Kentucky, but soon spreads out to the history of distilling and the importance of whiskey and bourbon.The Whisky Rebellion of 1791 that b..
