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What was Anthony Bourdain's preferred bourbon whiskey? Here's a not-so-subtle hint: He tweeted: "I'm considering getting a full back Pappy Van Winkle tattoo." On Reddit, he wrote that he liked very Old Fitzgerald; emphasis on very, very old.

 (Photo: Anthony Bourdain, Wikipedia Creative Commons, WNYC Public Radio, David Case.)

This documentary is about Dean Dillon, the Nashville singer/songwriter who wrote the song, "Tennessee Whiskey."

He has written many hits, most notably for George Strait, who likens their relationship in the film to Elton John and Bernie Talpin.

(Dean Dillon, Creative Commons, Wikipedia, Republic Country Club.)

How do you pronounce (Louisville)? Is it Lou-is-ville or Lou-ee-ville?

It is Lou-ee-vull

Or Lou-a-vull

... Louisville. Kentucky was named after the French King in 1789, in thanks to the French for helping America during the Revolutionary War, in which the new nation gained its independence.

(Louisville, Kentucky. Wikipedia, public domain.)

We have seen the questions:

• Where does bourbon come from?
• Where is bourbon made?
• Where was bourbon invented?

In short: (we have some answers, albeit wrapped in myth and legend).

(Bourbon County Courthouse, located in Paris, Kentucky, built in 1902. Photo credit Creative Commons, W. Marsh.)

America's first President George Washington had a distillery at his Mount Vernon estate that produced rye whiskey. In 1799, the distillery made 11,000 gallons and was the largest American distillery at the time. (The average distillery produced about 600 gallons).

(George Washington’s Rye Whiskey, made today by the rebuilt distillery at Mount Vernon, based on the original recipe. Photo credit: Creative Commons, Otherspice.)