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jan 1, 1783 - Elijah Craig distills the the first Bourbon Whiskey in the Kentucky Region

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Used grain mill and the "fine limestone water of Royal Spring to develop the first sour mash process in the production of bourbon."

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jan 1, 1783
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~ 243 years ago