Walter B. Duffy

Walter Bernard Duffy (August 8, 1840 - January 14, 1911) was a British-born distiller of Irish descent, noted as the creator of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, a product that his company marketed extensively as a medicinal remedy.

Walter B. Duffy Co. (1879)

 * 1879-1881: 27-29 Lake Ave., Rochester, N.Y.

Rochester Distilling Co. (1882)

 * 1882-1883: 27-29 Lake Ave., Rochester, N.Y.
 * 1884-1901: 67-79 Lake Ave., Rochester, N.Y.
 * 1901-19??: Corner of Lake Ave. and White St., Rochester, N.Y.

Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. (1886)

 * Baltimore, Maryland
 * Rochester, N.Y.

New York & Kentucky Co. (1900)
On 25 January 1900, Duffy & co. formed a new consortium in New York, which owned the following companies:


 * George T. Stagg Co., Frankfort, Ky.
 * The E. H. Taylor, Jr., Co., Frankfort, Ky.
 * The Kentucky River Distillery, Frankfort, Ky.
 * The Erie Distilling Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
 * The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co., Rochester, N.Y.
 * The Rochester Distilling Co., Rochester, N.Y.
 * The Wolcott Co., Rochester, N.Y.
 * The Columbia Distilling Co., Albany and Waterloo, N.Y.