During Prohibition, the George T. Stagg Distillery often bottled brands, like Walnut Hill, for other companies. Our records show the President of the George T. Stagg Distillery, Albert Blanton (who would later have the world’s first single barrel bourbon named after him), overseeing the production of this brand. Notes from his correspondence with the United States Patent Office in December 1932 show his direct responsibility over the bottling of Walnut Hill.
TASTING NOTES:
A slightly citrus aroma with light corn and oak notes. Sweet molasses, stone fruit and vanilla taste and a smokey, woodsy finish.
Spiritus Frumenti/WHISKEY
In the 1800s American apothecaries used “Spiritus Frumenti” to track whiskey in their ledgers. Latin for “Spirit of the Grain” it would later be used as a generic name for medicinal whiskey during Prohibition. Spiritus Frumenti was produced by the George T. Stagg Distillery and other distilleries throughout the 1920s creating many iterations of Spiritus Frumenti.
TASTING NOTES:
An aroma of caramelized brown sugar. Fruity yet floral taste with notes of cherry and oak. The finish is vanilla with notes of wheat and citrus.
