Walk into almost any whiskey bar and you'll see the same wall: rows of bottles bearing the names of men. But the story of whiskey is, at best, half a story. From Catherine Spears Frye Carpenter's 1818 sour mash recipe in Kentucky to Bessie Williamson running Laphroaig on Islay, women have been making whiskey for two centuries. Today, they hold the CEO's, Master Distiller, Master Blender and Malt Master roles at some of the world's most important whiskey houses. This is a brief education in who they were, and who they are.