"Bourbon: Making ice taste better since 1783” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “#Bourbon… making ice taste better since 1783. #whiskey” was posted on Twitter by David Voth on May 26, 2015.
“Beer: Helping ugly people get laid since 1862,” “Beer: Helping white people dance since 1837” and “Tequila: Helping people wake up in strangers’ beds since 1521” are similar sayings.
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David Voth
@SexCigarsBooze
#Bourbon… making ice taste better since 1783.
#whiskey
5:48 PM · May 26, 2015·Twitter Web Client
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Alan R. Hooper
@AlanRHooper
#Bourbon… making ice taste better since 1783. #whiskey RT
@SexCigarsBooze
10:50 PM · May 27, 2015·Buffer
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Buffalo Trace
@BuffaloTrace
Making ice taste better since 1773. #BuffaloTrace
5:30 PM · May 28, 2015·Twitter Ads
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PanthersJBD
@JbdPanthers
Bourbon, making ice taste better since 1846
8:16 PM · May 26, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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David Voth
@SexCigarsBooze
#Bourbon: Making ice taste better since 1783
2:25 PM · Jun 7, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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@kachuriiina
Bourbon making ice taste better since 1783.
1:08 PM · Nov 30, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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