Belmont History Time line

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Belmont History Time line

Unread postby bourbonv » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:01 pm

I know I have already posted this as an answer to a request for information but I thought I should go ahead and do it as its own title to make it easier to find.


Belmont Distilling History

1872 - Max Selliger enters the liquor business as a book
keeper for Barkhouse Bros. & Co. (Caron's Louisville
City Directory, 1872).

1877 - Barkhouse Bros. & Co. build a distillery 278-300 Story
Ave. and changes its name to Kentucky Distilling Co.
Max Selliger becomes a salesman for the company
(Caron's Louisville City Directory, 1877).

1879 - Max Selliger leaves Kentucky Distilling Co. and forms
Hofheimer & Selliger with Nathan Hofheimer. This is a
wholesale spirits company with exclusive control of
"Glencoe", "G.W.S. Mellwood", "J.W. Dant" and "Crystal
Springs" sour mash whisky and "J.G. Mattingly" sweet
mash whisky. (The Industries of Louisville, Filson
Club).

1881 - The Belmont Distillery Co. is formed with George H.
Moore as President and Max Selliger as Treasurer
(Caron's Louisville City Directory, 1881).

1884 - Max Selliger dissolves partnership with Hofheimer and
forms the company of Moore and Selliger with George H.
Moore (Caron's Louisville City Directory, 1884).

1891 - Belmont Whiskey from the 1881 crop is advertised for
$290 a barrel (Wine and Spirits Bulletin, March 3,
1891, p.21).

o - A fire in the mash room at the Belmont Distillery does
$1,000 worth of damage (Wine and Spirit Bulletin, April
1, 1891, p.25).

1898 - George Moore dies and the Company becomes Max Selliger
and Co. (Caron's Louisville City Directory, 1898).

1900 - Max Selliger & Co. advertisement features Belmont,
Astor and Nutwood brands (Wine and Spirit Bulletin,
Jan.1, 1900, p.14).

o - Col. Max Selliger wins a trademark dispute with Joseph
C. and Samuel Furst who were doing business as the
Belmont Distillery Co. (Wine and Spirit Bulletin, Oct.
1, 1900, p.26).

1901 - S. L. Hellman of Max Selliger & Co. has sold more high
price whiskey than any other salesman, approaching the
10,000 barrel mark (Wine and Spirit Bulletin, Aug 1,
1901, p.12).

1911 - Belmont Distillery builds a new brick warehouse (Wine
and Spirit Bulletin, Dec. 1, 1911, p.52).

o - The 1911 Mida's Financial Index list the following
address and capital value for Max Selliger and Co.:
17th and Lexington with Nutwood Distillery No. 364
and Belmont Distillery No. 412, 5th District Ky.
Louisville, with over $1,000,000 capital value.

1912 - Belmont advertisement from Max Selliger and Co. (Wine
and Spirits Bulletin, Jan.1, 1912, p.32).

1933 - Max Selliger sells his distilleries (Courier-Journal
Obituary).

1938 - Max Selliger dies in Philadelphia on April 10, 1938
(Courier-Journal Obituary).

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Unread postby bourbonv » Thu May 17, 2007 6:40 pm

I am moving this forward to answer the question about Nutwood bourbon. It is interesting that technically it was the Belmont and Nutwood distilleries in the 1911 distillery registration listed in Mida's. Astor was the name in the 1872 Carl Brenner painting of the distillery located next to Belmont. Even then the distillers were changing names at a drop of the hat.
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