On today's episode we have a glass of IW Harper 15 Year! We continue our series talking about whether age is the end all be all on the flavor of whiskey. We talk about the Burnheim Brothers, sourcing from your competition, and the power of nostalgia on your whiskey journey. All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers!
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- History of distillery
- Issac Wolfe (I.W.) Bernheim immigrated from germany in 1848
- Came to work in Ney York, but the company he wanted to work for went out of business
- Got a job as a peddler of household items, going door to door throughout pennsylvania. He did this UNTIL HIS HORSE DIED
- Moved to Paducah, KY to be a bookkeeper for a liquor wholesaler
- While there he made enough to move his brother to the US
- Bernheim Bros distilling began in 1870
- They moved to Louisville in 1888 and bought Pleasure Ridge Park Distillery and Bernheim Distillery was born
- IN 1896, the bonded warehouse burned down. They had insurance BUT the Unpaid Whiskey Tax was to much.
- They were tied in court until 1897, the court decided they did not owe the tax as the whiskey was destroyed
- They were allowed to continue producing through prohibition, but sold to Schenley Industries in1937. This was sold to Guiness in 1987, Which own Diagio
- The return of the name
- 1992, Bernheim Distilleries was opened again by united, owned by Guiness
- The Bernheim brand was sold in Asia and europe, but was a top name in Japan
- In 1999, Heaven Hill purchased Bernheim Distillery
- In 1996 the Bernheim distillery was destroyed in a Fire, so they bought the site
- Bernheim Original wheat was introduced in 2005 by heaven hill, Named after IW Bernheim and his brother for their contributions to whiskey
- But….. IW Harper?
- IW Harper was reintroduced by Diageo in 2015, Using spirits from the Bernheim Distillery, Aged at Stitzel-Weller, and Bottled by George Dickle
- Tasting
- The bottle
- Beautiful crystallized look with a square topper
- The juice
- March 2015 this was released
- Proof: 86
- Age: 15 Years
- Mashbill: 86% Corn, 6% Rye, 8% Malted Barley
- MSRP: $75 (2016)
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