Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E wuru ya na 1866 site n'aka Anson Parsons Hotaling ka ọ bụrụ ụlọ nkwari akụ na mbụ. Agbanyeghị, Hotaling mechara banye azụmaahịa wiski. Ọ bụkwa otu n'ime ụlọ ole na ole fọdụrụ mgbe e gbusịrị ụlọ ahụ.
Ala Ọma Jijiji na Ọkụ nke 1906 n'ihi otu ọkpọka ọkpọka ọkụ nke dị otu kilomita n'ogologo nke gbatịrị site n'Ọdụ Ụgbọ Mmiri Fisherman na Ugwu Telegraph. N'ihi ichekwa ụlọ ahụ, Charles K. Field kwuru otu oge, "Ọ bụrụ na, dị ka ha na-ekwu, Chineke tiri obodo ahụ ihe maka ịbụ onye na-emebiga ihe ókè, gịnị kpatara O ji gbaa ụka ya ọkụ ma zọpụta mmanya whiskey Hotaling?"