The history
A romantic love story revolves around the Four Roses Bourbon. The whiskey maker Paul Jones jr. should have fallen in love with a Southern belle. After the civil war, however, it was not a pleasure to have a 'Yankee' as a son-in-law. However, if she would wear four roses on her dress on the next ball, he would be able to marry her with the consent of her parents. At the ball the four roses were attached to her dress ... and the whiskey got its name.
Another story says that in 1888, Paul Jones Jr. was said to have bought the brand from an existing distillery called Four Roses, from the Rose family in Kentucky.
In 1902, through mergers with other distilleries, the Frankfort Distillery. Despite the prohibition of alcohol around 1920, the company had the license to continue selling medical whiskey. Thus, Jones could survive this period of prohibition unscathed.
In 1943, Seagram took over the distillery and produced the Four Roses Bourbon at the end of World War II, in what is now Kentucky distillery.
In 2002, the distillery was bought by the Japanese Kirin Brewery Company.
|
Country / Region |
USA/ Kentucky |
|
Status |
In operation |
|
Owner |
Kirin Brewery Company (Japan) |
|
Address |
Four Roses Four Roses Distilling Co. |
|
Contact |
http://www.fourrosesbourbon.com/ Tel.: 001(502) 839-3436 |
|
Founding year |
1888 |
The production
The production of the Four Roses is more elaborate than the other Bourbon manufacturers. From two different cereal mixtures, five different types of yeast and pure water, ten different whiskeys are produced. Finally, after storage for between five and ten years, they are merged into the Four Roses Bourbon.
The storage
The various Straight Bourbon whiskeys are bottled in American white oak barrels and matured separately in warehouses. An experienced Masterblender brings the different whiskeys, which are stored between five and ten years, together to form the Four Roses Bourbon, giving it its well-known flavor.
