by bourbonv » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:42 am
Actually Golden Wedding was one of Schenley's brands during prohibition - usually a rye out Pennsylvania, but sometimes bottled as a bourbon. I think Bas confusion is from the fact that in the late 1940's Schenley wanted to get into the Canadian whisky market, so they bought a Canadian distillery and changed some brands that were fading in sales as bourbons and ryes to Canadian brands. OFC, Gibson, and Golden Wedding are three of the brands that were successful in the transition.
I have a timeline for Schenley that can help you to understand the transition.
Mike Veach
"Our people live almost exclusively on whiskey" - E H Taylor, Jr. 25 April 1873