" To achieve this, Hamilton repeated a suggestion he had made nearly a year before — increase the duty on imported spirits, plus raise the excise tax on domestically distilled whiskey and other liquors.

In the 1790s, a whiskey excise tax was imposed by the United States federal government.

The whiskey excise remained difficult to collect, however.

Although taxes were politically unpopular, Hamilton believed the whiskey excise was a luxury tax that would be the least objectionable tax the government could levy.

The whiskey excise was immediately controversial, with many people on the frontier arguing the tax unfairly targeted westerners.

For poorer people who were paid in whiskey, the excise was essentially an income tax that wealthier easterners did not pay.

There were two methods of paying the whiskey excise: paying a flat fee or paying by the gallon.

Adding the whiskey excise to these existing grievances only increased tensions on the frontier.

Many residents of the western frontier petitioned against passage of the whiskey excise.

The furor over the whiskey excise had unleashed anger about other economic grievances.

The Washington administration and its supporters usually did not mention, however, that the whiskey excise remained difficult to collect, and that many westerners continued to refuse to pay the tax.

On circuit he presided over the trials of individuals indicted for treason in the Whiskey Rebellion, a revolt by farmers in western Pennsylvania over the federal excise tax on whiskey, the principal product of their cash crop.

Although the United States government has never used a general sales tax, an excise tax on whiskey enacted in 1791 was one of its first fund raising efforts.

Acting on recommendations from Beckham's commission, legislators helped offset the lost revenue from the sales tax by raising excise taxes ; of particular import was the tax on whiskey, which was made possible by the repeal of Prohibition in 1935.

Congress set low excise taxes on only a few goods, such as, whiskey, rum, tobacco, snuff and refined sugar.

The excise tax on whiskey was so despised it led to the Whiskey Rebellion which had to be quelled by Washington calling up the militia and repressing the rebellious farmers -- all were later pardoned.

The whiskey excise tax collected so little and was so despised it was abolished by President Thomas Jefferson in 1802.

In the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 the imports to the United States plummeted and the Congress in 1812 brought back the excise tax on whiskey to compensate for the loss of customs revenue.

The most successful was the American Association ( 1881 – 1891 ), sometimes called the " beer and whiskey league " for its tolerance of the sale of alcoholic beverages to spectators.

But in some regions, especially Wisconsin, brandy is substituted for whiskey ( sometimes called a Brandy Old Fashioned ).

The most successful was the American Association ( 1881 – 1891 ), sometimes called the " beer and whiskey league " for its tolerance of the sale of alcoholic beverages to spectators.

Because of its illegal nature, moonshine is rarely aged in barrels like proper whiskey, and it sometimes contains impurities and off flavors.

( Intoxicating liquor, and especially whiskey, is also sometimes referred to in Ireland as " the craythur ".

Their language sometimes reflected their feelings about dating, marriage and drinking habits: " I have to see a man about a dog " at this period often meant going to buy whiskey ; and a " handcuff " or " manacle " was an engagement or wedding ring.

The company prospered by selling various wares in the Shenandoah Valley from Conestoga wagons, sometimes in exchange for corn whiskey, which was then sold in Baltimore as " Hopkins ' Best ".

He has sometimes, although rather dubiously, been credited with the invention of bourbon whiskey.

Due to its distinctive flavor, American rye whiskey is sometimes referred to as America's equivalent of an Islay whisky.

Corn whiskey ( sometimes Corn Liquor, " White Dog ", or " White Lightning ") is an American liquor made from a mash made of at least 80 percent corn.

* A bottle or hydraulic jack, in which whiskey was sometimes used as the hydraulic fluid.

" ( sometimes " whiskey tango foxtrot ," initialism from the NATO phonetic alphabet, used as a euphemism ).

It is usually served on the rocks as a moderately strong beverage on its own, but is often mixed stronger by adding more whiskey sometimes bourbon, which complements the Irish Whiskey used in brewing.

Some recipes for Irish cream liqueur have been published, which use various combinations of Irish whiskey, cream, coffee ( sometimes, and usually optional ), sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk.

Oude jenever is sometimes aged in wood ; its malty, woody and smoky flavours lend a resemblance to whiskey.

In those days many whites where willing to allow the black man the ballot, specially when it could be sometimes bought for as little as a dime or a mouthful of whiskey.

The egg white sometimes employed in other whiskey sours is generally not included in this variation.

Balousek says that according to Sid Boyum these workers were sometimes paid with whiskey and sometimes by check, but that Alex Jordan Jr. destroyed the cancelled checks later to further a myth that he had personally built the house himself.

The family was so poor that his father, who worked at a brewery, would sometimes fuel the family stove with stolen whiskey.

* Bushmills Original: Irish whiskey blend — sometimes called White Bush or Bushmills White Label.

Generally speaking, many parts of the Upper South specialize more in pork, sorghum, and whiskey, while the low country coastal areas are known for seafood ( shrimp and crabs ), rice, and grits.

He was known as a heavy drinker, with a preference for whiskey.

Essentially any type of grain can be used to make whiskey, and the practice of aging whiskey ( and even charring the barrels ) for better flavor had also been known in Europe for centuries, so the use of the local American corn for the mash and oak for the barrels was simply a logical combination of the materials at hand for the European settlers in America.

They are also known as whiskey stones.

His drinks of choice are beer and white wine, though he has also been known to drink pastis, Armagnac, cognac, calvados, Pernod, and whiskey, as well as grog, to name just a few.

It is best known for its historical association with bourbon whiskey, although no bourbon whiskey is currently made or sold within Bourbon County.

Before Oklahoma Statehood in 1907, Lexington was known as a " whiskey town ".

It was built by Rodney Shaw, afterwards a well known citizen of Mansfield, PA. At the raising there was used one and one-half gallons of whiskey, bought of H. Freeborn, of Shaver ’ s Point — now Lawrenceville — for fifty cents.

During Prohibition, the area was a center of moonshining and Glen Rose became known as the " whiskey woods capital of the state.

This drink is now enjoyed without the blood as a wine and whiskey drink known as Caribou .< ref >

Lynchburg is best known as the location of the Jack Daniel's distillery, whose famous whiskey is marketed world-wide as the product of a city with only one traffic light.

Anthony is known for his stage antics, his effects-laden live solos, his number of custom-made bass guitars including a Jack Daniel's model shaped like a whiskey bottle, and his background vocals in Van Halen.

Mulock's use of profanity was said to be the most picturesque in parliament, and he was known for his consumption of Cuban cigars and rye whiskey.

" Cowdery and some other historians assert that no actual historical evidence exists to indicate that Craig's whiskey was unique in its time or that he practiced charring of the aging barrels, and that the first known publication potentially alluding to Craig as the inventor of bourbon was not published until 1874 ( and includes only a brief entry in a densely packed list without actually mentioning Craig himself or pointing to any evidence, and without any elaboration as to what was claimed to distinguish the product as the first bourbon ).

A mix of single malts only, without other types of whiskey such as made from grains other than malted barley, may be called a " blended malt " ( formerly known as a vatted malt ).

Rye is known for imparting what many call a spicy or fruity flavor to the whiskey.

Johannes " Reginald " Beam ( 1770 – 1834 ) was a farmer that began producing whiskey in the style that became known as bourbon.

The whiskey was first called Old Jake Beam, and the distillery was known as Old Tub.

Indeed, the American Association was known informally as " the beer and whiskey " league.

Some are known to add also beer or whiskey for extra flavor.

In the Salento region of Puglia, this was perfected by brewing the espresso freshly, adding the desired amount of sugar and finally pouring it in a whiskey glass filled with ice cubes right before being served, known as Caffè in ghiaccio, coffee on the rocks.

He was known for his gravelly voice and dramatic style, a " whiskey tenor " as sports announcer and executive David J. Halberstam has called it.