American Whiskey Magazine

The whiskey family

“Was Evan Williams a real person? Because if he was, I think he married into your family.” If you’re from Kentucky and your roots go back enough generations, it’s almost guaranteed that you’re related to a distiller.

My friend Joan, who I met at a Whisky Chicks event eight years ago, has been intermittently working on my genealogy as a side project. Every once in a while

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