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<blockquote data-quote="forensicbuzz" data-source="post: 790345" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Now, getting back to the original question...</p><p></p><p>...the song Son of the Gambolier was written in 1894. At that time, whiskey was suffering from a huge public relations problem. Too many people, known as rectifiers, were adulterating the whiskey with other products to make it cheaper and faster. This was a huge problem for the bourbon distillers. Col. E. H. Taylor and George T. Stagg, both well-respected bourbon distillers around the time of the song helped draft legislation, later known as the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 <a href="https://guides.loc.gov/alcoholic-beverage-industry/distilled-spirits" target="_blank">BiB</a>, to counter these rectifiers in 1897. <a href="https://gtswarm.com/threads/acc-champs.23115/" target="_blank">Rectifiers and BiB Act</a></p><p></p><p>Now, I have never been able to find a good reference to what is meant by "whiskey clear" in any literature current to the age the song was written. Some think it means clear liquor (moonshine), while others disagree. Me, personally, I think it refers to unadulterated whiskey. That means, in 1894 (just before the BiB Act of 1897 was passed) the singer wanted real whiskey, not something a rectifier created. But, this is just an opinion. Really, no one knows what it means.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forensicbuzz, post: 790345, member: 198"] Now, getting back to the original question... ...the song Son of the Gambolier was written in 1894. At that time, whiskey was suffering from a huge public relations problem. Too many people, known as rectifiers, were adulterating the whiskey with other products to make it cheaper and faster. This was a huge problem for the bourbon distillers. Col. E. H. Taylor and George T. Stagg, both well-respected bourbon distillers around the time of the song helped draft legislation, later known as the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 [URL='https://guides.loc.gov/alcoholic-beverage-industry/distilled-spirits']BiB[/URL], to counter these rectifiers in 1897. [URL='https://gtswarm.com/threads/acc-champs.23115/']Rectifiers and BiB Act[/URL] Now, I have never been able to find a good reference to what is meant by "whiskey clear" in any literature current to the age the song was written. Some think it means clear liquor (moonshine), while others disagree. Me, personally, I think it refers to unadulterated whiskey. That means, in 1894 (just before the BiB Act of 1897 was passed) the singer wanted real whiskey, not something a rectifier created. But, this is just an opinion. Really, no one knows what it means. [/QUOTE]
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