Fred minnick bourbon5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() This book works to uncover the role of women and bring the much needed recognition to what they did in the distilling industry in three major countries that produced whiskey. They were not discussed in the public records and men were given the spotlight in the industry. Women, like African-Americans, played a huge role in the industry, but their roles often went undocumented. Minnick did an excellent job in researching the roles of women in the whiskey world. Now, I don’t know about women “saving” the industry, but they definitely played a huge role in its growth and prosperity. This book is written about the role of women in the whiskey industry. Fred Minnick, Potomac Books: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Press, 2013 Contents, Introduction Bibliography, Notes, Index, Illustrations, 195 pp. Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch and Irish Whiskey. ![]() Fred took this information and compiled so much more to write this excellent book. ![]() I also pointed him to the Kentucky Historical Society where a woman distiller had a recipe for sour and sweet mash whiskeys. He was excited because he had decided to write this book and was looking for this type of information. ![]() I guided him through the collections and pointed out some licenses that were issued to a woman distiller during the War of 1812. When he was still an aspiring whiskey writer, he came into the Filson Historical Society, where I worked as an archivist at the time, to look for ideas to write about. I have known Fred Minnick, the author of this book for many years. ![]()
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