Bourbon first produced by Rev Elijah Craig

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14 June, 1789

Bourbon was first produced by Rev Elijah Craig on 14th June 1789. Rev Craig made the drink by distilling whiskey from maize. The drink was so named because the reverend lived in Bourbon County in Kentucky.