B.W. Houchin Nelson Co. KY bottle

sloanesmama

I'm hoping someone can help me with this bottle. I can't find and information on it. The bottle says B.W. Houchin with a W over a B and an H in the middle followed by Nelson Co KY underneath. I included photos.

Chris

Please post a photo that shows the entire bottle. Thanks!

sloanesmama

Here's a shot of the whole bottle. Let me know if I should take any others. Thanks!

Harry_Pristis

Your bottle is a pre-Pro whiskey bottle from a Nelson County, KY, distiller. I don't know anything about the distiller (or bottler); but, Nelson County was an exotic place at the TOC. Here's another Nelson County bottle along with a representation of how the whiskey-bottlers lived:

Chris

Your bottle dates to the first 15 years or so of the 20th century.

After about 1915, manganese was no longer used to make glass clear. Bottles without manganese in the glass will not turn purple...

sloanesmama

Thank you! The only thing online I could find was the possible connection to the Harbinson Bros. because they did make a B.W. Houchin although the company was in Sacramento CA and I'm not sure if B.W. Houchin was used by multiple distilleries.