Rieger & Company was founded in 1887 in Kansas City’s West Bottoms Livestock Exchange district. The brand offered over 100 alcoholic products and took pride in maintaining a quarter of a million unique customers by offering mail-order delivery services. In 1919, Prohibition was enacted by the federal government and wasn’t reversed until 1933. J. Rieger & Co. was a casualty at the time, but was not destined to be lost forever. Now, a century after Prohibition, we are proud once again to call Kansas City home!
J. Rieger & Co. proudly presents the inaugural bottling of their first 90-proof Rieger Straight Bourbon Whiskey, representing the next chapter in the J. Rieger & Co. story and finally introducing to the world the affordable luxury bourbon of their dreams. While the vast majority of bourbon distilleries in the United States utilize the sour mash process out of tradition, J. Rieger & Co. is among a small group of pioneers embracing the more innovative use of sweet mash fermentation.
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