Bill Samuels, Sr. re-entered the distilling business after leaving T.W. Samuels Distillery Co. in 1943. He purchased the former Burks Spring plant on Star Hill Farm and named it, Maker’s Mark Distillery. It is believed he changed his name from Taylor William...
After Prohibition ended, the T.W. Samuels & Son Distillery company was reorganized as the T.W. Samuels Distillery Co. with Robert Block serving as president, Leslie B. Samuels as plant manager, and his son, Bill Samuels, Sr., as vice president. Just three years...
The Star Distillery Co. of Cincinnati purchased control of the T.W. Samuels & Son Distillery, buying out the Samuels’s family interest, except for Leslie’s. He would remain on as manager of the plant until it closed in 1920 due to Prohibition.
The 88th Congress passes H. Con. Res. 57 that defines bourbon whiskey as a distinctive product of the United States, and set forth official regulation on what makes a whiskey, a bourbon. Res. 57 was first introduced to Congress on January 24th, 1963 by John C. Watts,...
By 1874, J.T.S. Brown, Sr. and his brother George Garvin Brown, were in a disagreement over the quality of the product they were producing. George favored higher quality with higher prices, but J.T.S. wanted to cater to a wider audience with a cheaper, less potent...
