Bourbon Whiskey - Distilling and History in USA

a little history of Whiskey and drinking of alcohol in America preceeds an exploration of the manufacture of Bourbon whiskey, with visits to the Jim Beam, and Maker's Mark distilleries. Side trip to visit Jack Daniel's distillery, and discussion of the Tennessee whiskey with it's filtering through a thick layer of maple charcoal.


Temperance movement and prohibition is discussed, and the writers quite rightly point out one of the main reason prohibition was repealed is that the US goverment was missing out on millions of dollars in revenue....And Prohibition never had that much support anyway.

interview clips with:

David Wondrich, author "Esquire Drinks"
Dale deGroff, author of "The Craft of the Cocktail" - he shows how to make a classic Manhattan
David Pickerell - the master distiller at Maker's Mark in Loretto, Kentucky
Frederick Booker Noe III (Great grandson of Jim Beam)
Paul Parcult, editor "Paul Parcult's Spirit Journal"


Whiskey rebellion - white oak barrels - Lynchburg, Tennessee