Master distillers at Brown-Forman

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Master distillers at Brown-Forman

Unread postby bourbonv » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:45 am

Keeping with a theme I started with Stitzel-Weller, I thought it would be interesting to list the Master Distillers of various distilleries. Here are the master Distillers at Brown-Forman:
GG Brown
BF Mattingly
Manual Ice
Carl Franklin
Leo Reidinger
Lincoln Henderson
Chris Morris
Mike Veach
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Unread postby Bourbon Joe » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:08 am

Thanks Mike. I didn't realize that Manuel Ice was that far back in the line-up.
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Unread postby bourbonv » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:35 pm

Joe,
Manuel Ice was the person that started distilling for Brown-Forman right after prohibition. His job was to train future distillers for the company, as well as to make Old Forester and Early Times.
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Unread postby bunghole » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:09 pm

Thanks Mike!

Could you also modify your first post with the range of years each one was the master distiller? Birth & death dates?

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Unread postby bourbonv » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:40 pm

Linn,
That is going to take some research. I will see what I can do.
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