![]() While Old Crow’s history is well substantiated, its ties to President Grant are less so. I found this wonderful pictorial of Old Crow’s home distillery, which was abandoned in 1987 when the company was bought out by Jim Bean. ![]() James Crow, a failed physician, fled to Kentucky in 1823, learned the science of distilling, and went to work. Old Crow has a fascinating history featuring the hallmarks of any good American story: bankruptcy, mad doctors, and sour mash. Another dubious claim is that the General favored Old Crow Bourbon, which you can still sip to this day. Yeah so that sounds too good to be true, and it probably is. But why do you desire to know?” “Because, if I can only find out, I will send a barrel of this wonderful whiskey to every general in the army.” But can you tell me where he gets his whiskey?” “We cannot, Mr. ![]() ![]() “Ah!” exclaimed Honest Old Abe, “you surprise me, gentlemen. One clue comes from this famous, almost certainly apocryphal account:Īfter the failure of his first experimental explorations around Vicksburg, a committee of abolition war managers waited upon the President and demanded the General’s removal, on the false charge that he was a whiskey drinker, and little better than a common drunkard. Figuring out what Grant actually drank, however, is a bit difficult. Grant who, unfairly, is the US President most closely associated with booze. ![]()
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