Type: | GIN |
Flavor: | Juniper & Various Herbs |
Made From: | Grain Neutral Spirits |
Produced By: | OLD QUAKER DISTILLING CO. |
Origin: | Lawrenceburg, In. |
Proof: | 80 |
Age: | 0 |
Importer: | Made In The U.S.A. |
Location: | Lawrenceburg, In. |
Schenley was a liquor company based in New York, N.Y. with headquarters in the Empire State Building and a distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. It owned several brands of Bourbon whiskey, including Schenley, The Old Quaker Company, Golden Wedding Rye, I.W. Harper (Named after proprietor Isaac Wolfe Bernheim) and possibly others.
It also owned a controlling interest in Blatz beer and made a Canadian whisky called Schenley Reserve, also called Schenley Black Label. It was the only liquor available to submarine officers at Midway in World War II, where it was held in low regard and known as “Schenley’s Black Death”.