Bourbon is believed to have been first made in the late 1700s by Scottish and Irish settlers who brought their whiskey-making traditions to Kentucky. The local climate and abundance of corn made it the perfect place to distill whiskey, which eventually became known as bourbon. At that time, the United States government imposed a tax…
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Seeing Spots in Irish Whiskey
The dots or spots in Irish whiskey history are associated with the taxation and regulation of Irish whiskey production during the 19th century. In 1823, the Excise Act was introduced in Ireland, which required all distilleries to register and pay taxes on their production. The act also mandated that whiskey produced in Ireland had to…
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