The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-08
CELEBRATES ITS
GOLDEN JUBILEE
A. GUCKENHEIMER g. BROS. COM
MEMoRATE TIE BIRTH OF
"GOoD OLD GUCKEN-
HEIMER Rye
MADE BY ONE FAMILY
FOR HALF A CENTURY
SONS OF THE ORIGINAL FOUND
ERS ARE NOW MANAGING
GREAT DIsTILLING
ENTERPRISE.

The year 1907 marks the Semi Cen
tennial of "Good Old Guckenheimer
Rye For half a century, "since
1851" ono single family has manufac-
tured and sold this world-famous prod
uct, During this time sons have taken
the places of the founders Of the bust
moss Through all vicissitudes the
purity and quality of the product has
been kept up, This record has few
States.
In the year 1857, in the City of Pitts
burg, the sign of Wholesale Liquors.
on the front of an unpretentious little
store, announced 10 the world the be.
ginning Of house that was destined to
become famous, Asher Guckenheimer
and his half-brother, Samuel Vert
heimer, owned this little store. These
young men little dreamed at that time
Of the vast proportions to which their
little business venture would expand
or Of the long series of years during
which it would prosper.
Two More Brothers Join.
The present firm name, "a Quicken
heimer G. Brothers, was adopted in
the early Cos, following the admission
of Emanuel Wertheimer and Isaac
Wertheimer, to the business. They
were full brothers Of the junior owner,
of the business.
The firm obtained control of the en-
tire output of the distillery of Thos
Bell & Co, at Freeport, Pa, whose
whiskies were then famous throughout
that section for their quality. When
Thos. Bell died, some years later, in
1865, the firm of A Guckenheimer 6
Bros. bought the distillery, with its
brands and the name of Bell was
Of Cue l. boi,
substituted, the quality of the whisky
being carefully kept at its high level.
At the time the distillery changed
owners its output was about 200 bar
rels of whisky year, which was sold
principally through commission houses
in Philadelphia.
In 1853 the firm also bought dis
which a whisky was manufactured un-
der the brand of 'Wyandotte. " But
the distance of this distillery from
Pittsburg made it hard to bestow upon
il the proper amount of attention and
it was later abandoned.
In 1876 A. Guckenheimer & Bros.
bought the distillery of McGonegal,
Helmbold & CO., at Buffalo Tp., Butler
county, Pa, and changed the firm name
der which name 1t is at present oper-
ated, manufacturing the famous "Mon-
trose'' brand
The constant growth of the demand
for Guckenheimer Rye made made
quate the old Bell DistiIlery, which
had been built in 1S45, and new dis
tillery was decided upon. Elaborate
plans were drawn. From these plans
was built the present distillery, which
is acknowledged by liquor experts to
be one of the most perfect on the
American continent.
Scarcely had the work been COM
pleted on the new plant when the Penn
sylvania Distilling Co. plant burned
out. This distillery was Immediately
rebuilt along the modern lines of the
Guckenheimer dlstlllery.
Close to Perfection.
Asher Guckenheimer, one Of the origi
nal founders Of the firm, ripe in years
and honors. died as result of an acci-
before his death he had seen Quicken
heimer Rye score the highest record at
the Worlds Columbian Exposition.
This score, 99H out OF a possible 100
points was made on the most rigid
standard possible, the jurors proclaim
ing Guckenbeimer Rye to be the high
est type of American distillatlon.
Emanuel Wertheimer, who had be-
ONE president of the Freeport, Pa,
Bank, retired from the firm few years
ago. simultaneously with this event
sons of the members of the firm we're
taken into partnership. They were
Isaac Guckenheimer, son of Asher
Guckenheimer; Morris s. Wertheimer.
son of Samuel Wertheimer, and Leon
Wertheimer, son of Isaac Wertheimer-
The Great Distilery.
The wonderful distillery in which
Guckenheimer Rye is produced en-
bodies features that appeal alike to the
architect, the scientist and the artist.
The Guckenheimer plant itself covers
an area Of over thirty-fve acres It is
situated about twenty eight miles above
Pittsburg, near Freeport, Pa, in the
beautiful Allegheny valley, whose fame
for picturesque scenery is world VIDE.
Here in the foothills of the Allegheny
mountains it has the natural advantage
of the purest mountain air and water in
the manufacture of the famous prod
uct.
The principal struc lures in the great
plant are the Distillery Building, the