Although Louisville, Kentucky, became headquarters of whisky men, it was Cincinnati, Ohio, a thoroughly Judaized city, which became a greater headquarters for the pseudo-whisky men, the compounders, mixers and rectifiers. The list of Cincinnati liquor dealers reads like a directory of the Warsaw ghetto. In Louisville the Judaic complexion of the city, as well as society, is very noticeable; indeed, most of the leading Jews in the whisky business are now Kentucky “Colonels.”
The Jewish character of the whisky business since the Civil War may be visualized, by the simple expedient of noting how many of the better known brands have been at various dates under Jewish control:
There is “Old 66,” owned by Straus, Pritz & Co.
“Highland Rye,” owned by Freiberg & Workum.
“T. W. Samuel Old Style Sour Mash,” owned by Max Hirsch, the Star Distilling Company.
“Bridgewater Sour Mash and Rye Whiskies,” “Rosewood and Westbrook Bourbon Whiskies,” distilled by J. & A. Freiberg.
“T. J. Monarch” and “Davies County Sour Mash Whiskies,” controlled by J. & A. Freiberg.
“Louis Hunter 1870,” “Crystal Wedding,” and “Old Jug,” blended by J. & A. Freiberg.
“Gannymede ’76,” put out by Sigmund and Sol H. Freiberg.
“Jig-Saw Kentucky Corn Whisky,” “Lynndale Whisky,” “Brunswick Rye and Bourbon,” by Hoffheimer Brothers Company.
“Red Top Rye” and “White House Club,” by Ferdinand Westheimer & Sons.