01/11

The winter season starts at The Oscar Getz Whiskey Museum in Bardstown, Kentucky. Until the end of April it is open Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Sundays 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (2001).
František, Count Kolowrat signed the Imperial Bohemian Provincial Government’s decree, raising the tax on beer in the capital, Prague (1818).

05/11

The oldest written reference to champagne in Great Britain, published in Butler’s Hudibras, was handed in for printing (1663).

07/11

In the morning, smoke was still rising from the site of the fire in the warehouse in which the produce of the Heaven Hill Distillery was maturing (1996).

11/11

What was to be the last meeting of the Syndicate of the Beer Brewing Industry for the next forty three years, was held (1948).

19/11

Distillation started the career of the Single Cask Old Pulteney Single Malt Scotch Whisky, which then aged 15 years in cask # 036 (1982).

20/11

The certificate for the compound trade mark Budweiser-Export-Bier was issued (1882).

22/11

In Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), the 46^th International Bartenders Association Congress began (1997).

25/11

A disastrous fire engulfed the Old Bushmills Distillery (1885).
The New York Bar, now Harry´s New York Bar, opened at its permanent address, Paris, Rue Daunou 5 (1911).

28/11

As the Los Angeles Herald Examiner later wrote, Rudolf Slavík,the head bartender of the Paris hotel George V, “...received a royal welcome in the city from the Bartenders Association”, which appreciated the fact that the reputed expert professional came to say hello to his many friends of previous years (1943).
An air raid totally destroyed the Luxardo distillery in Zara, famous for its production of excellent maraschino and sambuca (1943).

29/11

By a decree of the Royal Provincial Committee, the Vintners School in Mělník was established (1882).