J Rieger & Co Kansas City Whiskey

J Rieger & Co Kansas City Whiskey

This is the first product developed and released by J. Rieger & Co. after Prohibition. Kansas City Whiskey is a blend of sourced products: Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Light Corn Whiskey, and Straight Rye Whiskey, all aged at least 4 years, as well as a small amount of 15-year-old Oloroso Sherry from the Williams & Humbert Bodega. It is bottled at 92 proof.

Jacob Rieger immigrated to America from Goritz, Austria in 1877. That year Jacob founded the J. Rieger & Co. distillery in Kansas City’s West Bottoms neighborhood, directly across from the Livestock Exchange Building. 21 years later, in 1898, the first official listing of J. Rieger & Co. appears at 1527 Gennessee Street. Not showing any signs of conceding in what was a booming time period in Kansas City’s History, a short time later J. Rieger & Co. is expanded to include 1512-1529 Genessee Street.

Jacob turned over operations of the distillery to his only son, Alexander Rieger 13 years after founding J. Rieger & Co. During Alexander’s time in charge, J. Rieger & Co. claimed to be the largest mail-order whiskey house in the U.S., with a customer base of 250,000+. The distillery offered over 100 unique products ranging from whiskeys to gins, rums, and even stomach bitters.