Fleischmann's - Dry Gin (1.75L)

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Producer	Fleischmann's
Country	United States
Style	Gin
Sku	12750
Size	1.75L

Producer America s First CocktailBefore there was a company, there was a drink. Antoine Peychaud, a Creole immigrant, operated a pharmacy on the French Quarter s Royal Street in 1838. With his background as an apothecary, he was a natural mixologist. His friends would gather for late-night revelry at his pharmacy. Peychaud would mix brandy, absinthe and a dash of his secret bitters for his guests. Later this quaff would come to be known as the Sazerac.The BarAfter the drink, there was the bar. The cocktail immediately spread in popularity at the city s finest coffee houses, which was the term for drinking establishments during the mid-1800s. However, the cocktail is most strongly associated with the wildly popular Sazerac Coffee House located on Exchange Alley. In 1850, the owner Sewell Taylor institutionalized the drink at his coffee house by using only Sazerac de Forge et Fils brandy, which he imported and sold exclusively. The Sazerac cocktail received its name from this coffee house, where it was most often imbibed.The CompanyFrom the bar, a company was born. In 1869, Thomas H. Handy purchased the Sazerac Coffeehouse and began to acquire and market brands of liquor. He bought out the rights to Peychaud s Bitters in 1873. In the 1890s his company began to bottle and market the Sazerac cocktail, now made with rye whiskey instead of brandy. In addition, the company operated the Sazerac Bar on Royal Street. Later, Handy s former secretary, C. J. O Reilly, chartered the Sazerac Company. Ever since (except for a stint as a delicatessen and grocery vendor during Prohibition), the Sazerac Company has distilled an ever-increasing line of fine spirits. Today, we are still an independent, American family owned company and proud owners of many of America s most venerable distilling companies - Buffalo Trace Distillery, A. Smith Bowman, Glenmore Distillery, Barton, Fleischmann, Medley and Mr. Boston.

The origins of Fleischmann's, the first American-made gin, date back to 1870. Charles Fleischmann came to the United States during the Civil War from Europe with a distilling background. Once in America, he saw the need for the improvement of baking and returned to Austria to acquire samples of yeast. Soon after, Charles returned to the States with his younger brother Maximilian, and in 1868 the brothers joined James Gaff, a Cincinnati distiller, in a partnership. Through this partnership the brothers and Gaff revolutionized the baking industry with America's first standardized yeast strain. A few years later in 1870, a subsidiary named the Fleischmann Distilling Company was founded, and America had its first gin. In 1879 Gaff died, and the brothers purchased the shares of the company. the success of the yeast development allowed the Fleischmanns to grow their distilling operations and offerings to include Eastern Rye Whiskey, cordials, bourbon and vodka.