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📘X:03b - THE LOST HISTORY OF BOURBON: Between Truth and Lore (Part 2)

📘X:03b - THE LOST HISTORY OF BOURBON: Between Truth and Lore (Part 2)7. Sept.21 Min.

Welcome to the conclusion of Chapter 3 of The Lost History of Bourbon. Today, we will conclude our investigation into Rep. Virgin Chapman's claim that Jacob Spears of Bourbon County built the first distillery west of the Alleghenies and made the first straight Bourbon whiskey.

We're on the edge of the Whiskey Revolution and a developing of markets for Bourbon whiskey. And we're still in the 18th century. Hold on folks. There is a lot of Bourbon history that has never been fully told. You'll hear it in these rough draft episodes from my upcoming book The Lost History of Bourbon.