Old Pogue

The Pogues created the bourbon Old Pogue in 1876.{{Cite web|date=2015-12-08|title=A Visit To Kentucky's Old Pogue Distillery|url=https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styles/bourbon/visit-kentuckys-old-pogue-distillery-2/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=The Whiskey Wash|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=American Whiskey: Maysville, Kentucky and the Pogue whiskey family|url=http://www.ellenjaye.com/Pogue.html|access-date=2021-11-30|website=www.ellenjaye.com}} Its original distillery was Kentucky registered distillery number 3, in Maysville, Kentucky.[http://www.oldpogue.com/history/ History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112202835/http://www.oldpogue.com/history/ |date=2013-11-12 }} page on official web site. However, the brand's distillery was shut down by Prohibition in 1920,{{Cite web|title=Prohibition|url=https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition|access-date=2021-11-18|website=HISTORY|language=en}} making the distribution and distilling of alcohol illegal. Shortly after this, many distillers including the Pogues were finding other ways up distribute their alcohol. The only exception to the prohibition was the case of medicinal purposes, because distillation was not allowed they sold a restricted amount of the whisky for medicine. When times became harder and alcohol was at a higher demand than ever, with the help of George Remus, they sold their whisky through bootlegging. It was revived after 18 years and then shut down again during World War II.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-09 |title=Old Pogue has original DPS number |url=https://maysville-online.com/top-stories/153227/old-pogue-has-original-dps-number |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Ledger Independent |language=en-US}} The brand was then off the market for about 60 years.

The brand name was revived around 2005 by descendants of the Pogue family, who re-launched the brand using whiskey purchased from another company before opening their own new distillery. This bourbon has been passed down through six generations of Henry Edgar Pogues (I-VI), and is still owned by a descendant of the first Henry Pogue.{{Cite web|title=The Old Pogue Distillery:Old Pogue|url=https://www.oldpogue.com/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=The Old Pogue Distillery|language=en-US}}

The family established a new distillery in Maysville in 2012.{{Cite news |last=Weisstuch |first=Liza |date=2022-10-10 |title=Savoring Bourbon, and Its Storied History, in Northern Kentucky |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/10/travel/kentucky-bourbon-whiskey-trail.html |access-date=2023-02-01 |issn=0362-4331}} That year, the company joined the Kentucky Distillers Association and the distillery became part of the newly launched "Craft Tour" of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.[http://www.kentucky.com/2012/10/12/2369634/bourbon-trail-launches-craft-distillery.html Bourbon Trail launches new tour of artisan distilleries], Lexington Herald-Leader, October 12, 2012.[http://www.kentucky.com/2012/10/12/2369634/bourbon-trail-launches-craft-distillery.html Craft distilleries across the state added to Kentucky Bourbon Trail experience], The Lane Report, October 12, 2012. The distillery produces roughly 200 barrels of bourbon, rye, and wheat whiskey each year.{{Cite web |last=Walters |first=Amanda Boyd |date=2022-09-26 |title=Sipping History at Old Pogue Distillery |url=https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/bourbon-country-2022/sipping-history-at-old-pogue-distillery/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Cincinnati Magazine |language=en-US}}

Although the company has established a new distillery, it has not yet been in operation long enough to produce bourbon aged as long as what is used for the brand. The actual production of the brand has been contracted out to the Willett Distillery of Bardstown, Kentucky, which has used spirits distilled at the nearby Heaven Hill distillery for the product.Charles K. Cowdery, [http://distilling.com/newsletters/89.html Non-Distiller Producers; Make The Brands, But Buy The Whiskey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029015748/http://distilling.com/newsletters/89.html |date=2012-10-29 }}, American Distiller #89, Reprinted with permission from The Bourbon Country Reader, Volume 10 Number 5 (September 2007). (Access date December 13, 2010.)Charles K. Cowdery, [http://chuckcowdery.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-made-that-whiskey.html Who Made That Whiskey?], The Chuck Cowdery Blog: American Whiskey & Other Stuff, February 19, 2008. (Access date December 13, 2010.) Thus, the bottles for the modern (post-2010) brand identify Bardstown rather than Maysville on the label as the origin of the product.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Old Pogue is bottled at 45.5% abv (91 U.S. proof), and is created from a rye mash bill with nine-year aging. The modern day Old Pogue is considered a close rendition of the original.{{Cite web|title=Spirits|url=https://www.oldpogue.com/products|access-date=2021-11-30|website=The Old Pogue Distillery|language=en-US}} Like most bourbons, Old Pogue is typically consumed neat.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-07|title=Bourbon For Beginners: The Best Ways to Drink Bourbon|url=https://thestockandbarrel.com/bourbon-for-beginners-the-best-ways-to-drink-bourbon/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=The Stock & Barrel|language=en-US}}

One expression of the brand is a "Master's Select" bottling.

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