On today's episode we have a glass of Holladay Soft Red Wheat Bottled in Bond! We Continue our series talking about whether age is the end all be all on the flavor of whiskey with this 6 year our of Ben Holladay distillery in Missouri. We talk about the Pony Express, Wheat in a mashbill, and do you buy a known name or a no name? All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers!
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- History of distillery
- Ben Holladay was born in KY, but moved west to Gain Fame and Fortune.
- He was a transportation Tycoon, Named “the stagecoach king” for laying out a stagecoach route throughout the west. This was purchased by Wells Fargo.
- He owned Steamships, Streatcars, and Railways, as well as silver mines and saloons. and was also the owner of the Pony Express
- Late 1800’s he was the nation's Largest employer
- 1856 Blue Springs Distillery is started
- The site was bought by Ben Holladay in 1849 and he noticed the limestone springs on the property
- Being from KY, he knew the benefits of limestone water to distillation
- There is a Cave on site that the whiskey was aged in and is still part of the tour there.
- 1894
- Weston, MO
- Weston was established in 1837, was was a stop by Lewis and Clark in their 1804 expedition
- It was the second largest port on the missouri river
- Speculation is that if there had not been a flood in 1881 that shifted the river, it would have taken the place of Kansas City in size today
- Tasting
- The bottle
- The look of the bottle
- What is written on it
- Notes on why it looks the way it does
- The juice
- When was this expression created
- Why did it come about
- Mash bill
- Who made it
- The type
- Does it follow the rules of a certain type of whiskey?
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