W.A. Gaines and Company

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W.A. Gaines & Co. Established 1868. 229 West Main Street. Downtown Frankfort, Kentucky.

W.A. Gaines and Company was a liquor (distilled beverage) company that specialized in American-made whiskeys. Originally started as the partnership Gaines, Berry & Co. in 1862, it was reorganized in 1868 as W.A. Gaines and Company and later became a joint stock company in 1887. [1] [2] Among the company's investors and officers was Edson Bradley.

Edson Bradley, Jr. was president of Kentucky whiskey distiller W.A. Gaines and Company of Frankfort, Kentucky. He owned the exclusive rights to the "Old Crow" whisky label.

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History

Brands included Old Crow and Old Hermitage. [3] W.A. Gaines erected the Hermitage distillery in 1868, and were the largest producers of fine "sour mash" whiskeys in the world. [1] [4] Its owners were accused of being major players in the "Whiskey Trust", but that was never proved. [5]

Old Crow

Old Crow is a low-priced brand of Kentucky-made straight bourbon whiskey distilled by Beam Suntory, which also produces Jim Beam and several other brands of whiskey. The current Old Crow product uses the same mash bill and yeast as Jim Beam, but is aged for a shorter period of time and mixed to a more lenient taste profile before bottling.

Sour mash

Sour mash is a process used in the distilling industry that uses material from an older batch of mash to start the fermentation of a new batch, analogous to the making of sourdough bread with a starter. The term can also be used as the name of the type of mash used in that process, and a Bourbon made using this process can be referred to as a sour mash Bourbon. “Sour mash” does not refer to the flavor of the Bourbon.

The involvement of W.A. Gaines and Co. in the whiskey industry ended with Prohibition. [5] National Distillers, which owned the distillery and brand from the end of Prohibition until 1987, continued to use the W.A. Gaines and Company name. Jim Beam bought National in 1987. [6]

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A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers. Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising. Name brands are sometimes distinguished from generic or store brands.

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Jim Beam is a brand of bourbon whiskey produced in Clermont, Kentucky, by Beam Suntory, a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan. It is one of the best-selling brands of bourbon in the world. Since 1795, seven generations of the Beam family have been involved in whiskey production for the company that produces the brand. The brand name became "Jim Beam" in 1943 in honor of James B. Beam, who rebuilt the business after Prohibition ended. Previously produced by the Beam family and later owned by the Fortune Brands holding company, the brand was purchased by Suntory Holdings in 2014.

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Hermitage Distillery". pre-pro.com.
  2. ↑ "Hiram Berry Biography". wordpress.com.
  3. ↑ "ROCK SPRING DISTILLING CO. v. W A GAINES & CO. , 246 U.S. 312 (1918)". Thomson Reuters.
  4. ↑ "W A GAINES & CO., Frankfort, KY. 1868-1919". pre-pro.com.
  5. 1 2 "Edson Bradley: Washington's Whiskey Millionaire" (PDF). The Potomac Pontil.
  6. ↑ "Old Crow Whiskey, a fine Bourbon". Whiskeywise.com. Archived from the original on 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

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