Syndey E. Frank - The man behind Jäger

[beans]

Okay, I've slacked off on "booze in the news" stuff. Grey Goose has been purchased, Shaker's has released their new rye vodka from Minnesota....

But I saw this timely article and thought I'd pin it up. I remember in 1999, a liquor rep gave me one of those Jägerette body suits. I think it still is in the package awaiting some day I'm motivated to gather up all of my liquor promo crap for the likes of eBay.

Interesting article about Syndey E. Frank. I had no idea he was the inventor behind the dispensing machine that always seemed to leak! (hence why we got rid of them years ago, that and finding a few bees that made unscheduled stops and never left at our patio bars). Some interesting info on Jäger too.

A $20 million donation from a man who spent one year at Brown and made Jägermeister a household name has set in motion the first phase of the University's decade−long physical expansion plan.

The Brown Daily Herald article can be viewed in full here.

To keep up with the numbers of the record number of sales we are doing with Jäger, last 4th of July weekend we sold 120 bottles of it, 120 bottles of house vodka and 140 bottles of Three Olives Cherry. That's pretty hefty.

Cheers!

Edited July 13, 2004 by beans (log)