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William Larue Weller was born in 1825, the grandson of German migrants who'd settled near Bardstown, Kentucky. In 1848 he and his younger brother set up a trading company on Jefferson Street in Louisville, selling whiskey under the name William Larue Weller & Brother. A year later he took the rye out of a traditional bourbon mash bill and put wheat in instead. As far as we know, this makes ol’
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William Larue Weller Whiskey
William Larue Weller was born in 1825, the grandson of German migrants who'd settled near Bardstown, Kentucky. In 1848 he and his younger brother set up a trading company on Jefferson Street in Louisville, selling whiskey under the name William Larue Weller & Brother. A year later he took the rye out of a traditional bourbon mash bill and put wheat in instead. As far as we know, this makes ol’ William the first distiller producing Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey this way.
