tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post995447808172453227..comments2024-03-23T05:26:31.832-07:00Comments on Those Pre-Pro Whiskey Men!: Nathan Van Beil and His Rock’n Rye Trials of 1880Jack Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-63760789853702918112015-04-04T07:12:49.720-07:002015-04-04T07:12:49.720-07:00Thanks for the comment, Sam. You may be right. E...Thanks for the comment, Sam. You may be right. Edwin Walters did trade mark "Baker's" in 1891. The Frankfort Distillery trademarked theirs as "Baker" in 1906. Since the bottle says "Baker's" it may well be that it was a Maryland rye not Kentucky. Jack<br />PS Would like someday to taste your own recipe for rock and rye. Jack Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499431800088809848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-87269681987700664192015-04-04T06:37:04.180-07:002015-04-04T06:37:04.180-07:00As someone who is proud of his own version of rock...As someone who is proud of his own version of rock & rye, I appreciated this post.<br /><br />That said, are you sure the Baker's whiskey was distilled in Kentucky? Considering Van Beil's Baltimore connection it could easily have been Baker's rye whiskey distilled in Bakersville, Somerset County, Pa., which was a brand of the William Walter Company of Baltimore.<br /><br />See your own post of October 31, 2014.Sam Komlenichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707612609314399024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657913448535983609.post-86512089659855305272015-04-04T06:32:32.106-07:002015-04-04T06:32:32.106-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sam Komlenichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707612609314399024noreply@blogger.com