Question #142127. Asked by piccupstix.
Last updated Jan 21 2016.
Originally posted Jan 20 2016 5:30 PM.
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According to the plot of Bonanza, Ben Cartwright was born in 1809. As a southerner, he most likely preferred Peach Brandy as opposed to the more northern Apple Brandy. Undoubtedly it would have been distilled on the Ponderosa or nearby. Liquor was not regulated or taxed pre-civil war and it was certainly not branded.