Four Roses

Four Roses is an American Bourbon whiskey brand.

History

The brand name was protected in 1888 by Paul Jones Jr., an entrepreneur from Louisville, Kentucky. The Four Roses Distillery near Lawrenceburg was built in 1911 and is still in operation today. The building, which was designed in the Spanish Mission style, has been on the National Register of Historic Places and thus stands under monument protection. The Prohibition-era survived the company mainly due to the acquisition of the Frankfort Distilling Company, who were allowed to produce one of the few firms alcohol to " medical purposes ". After years of expansion, the company was taken over in 1943 by the Canadian company Seagram. Especially in the European market Four Roses Straight Bourbon was a major brand. Following the acquisition of the Seagram group by Vivendi in 2002, the distillery was bought by the Japanese Kirin Brewery Company. To change the name Four Roses a secret is made as before. According to legend, the name goes back to the four roses, which once was the beloved of the founder, their marriage vows.

Production

From two different grain mixtures and five different aromatic yeasts ten whiskeys are fired, which then stored separately from each other in new American white oak barrels. The barrels are stored here on one level, to avoid temperature fluctuations. After five to ten years of the barrels during filling to different characters are combined. The statutory minimum storage is two years.

Products

It sold six different types of whiskey:

• Yellow Label
• Small Batch 90 °
• Single Barrel 100 °
• Single Barrel 86 °
• Platinum
• Black Label

Pernod Ricard since 2002 distribution partner for the Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Yellow Label and since July 2009, also for the Four Roses Single Barrel on the German market.