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Elmer T. Lee dies; credited with resurrecting bourbon industry
FRANKFORT, Ky., July 22 () -- Elmer T. Lee, who resurrected the bourbon industry with the introduction of a premium label in 1984, has died, his former employer said. He was 93.Lee was the master distiller at Buffalo Trace Distillery, when the bourbon industry was in a long, slow decline in Kentucky, The New York Times reported Monday.The plant,[url=http://www.pachasvip.com]abercrombie outlet[/url], known as the George T. Stagg Distillery, had 250 employees when Lee was hired in 1949. By the early 1990s, it was down to 50 workers, the Times said.But the industry began its turnaround in 1984, when Lee launched Blanton's Single Barrel bourbon, which was made from aged Kentucky whiskey that was left over in the company's warehouse, the Times said.The company packaged Blanton's Single Barrel in decanters and used an eye-catching bottle stopper replete with a horse and jockey.They also put a high price on the bottle: $30, about twice the average price for bourbon, which was known as a drink for the working man, the Times said.The public was slow to catch on, but after it began to sell, "We had to have cases and cases of it every Friday, or else," said Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers' Association, who worked in a liquor store at the time.The master distiller was born Elmer Tandy Lee in 1919, a son of rural Peaks Mill, Ky. He volunteered for military service, which disrupted his schooling at the University of Kentucky, where he was studying to become an engineer. He then served as a B-28 navigator, based in Guam, returning to Kentucky after the war to finish his degree.He was first hired as a maintenance engineer and became master distiller in the early 1980s.He is survived by a daughter, Peggy Comer, a grandson and a great-granddaughter.His wife, Libby, died in 2006,[url=http://www.pachasvip.com]hollister coupons[/url], the Times reported.