![]() 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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