Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Yakavakwa muna 1866 naAnson Parsons Hotaling kuti pakutanga ive hotera. Zvisinei, Hotaling gare gare akatamira kubhizimisi rewhiskey. Chakanga chiriwo chimwe chezvivako zvishomanene zvakapona pashure pokuparadzwa kweguta racho.
Kudengenyeka kwapasi kwa1906 neMoto, nemhaka yepombi yomwoto yakareba mamaira imwe iyo yakatambanuka kupfurikidza neFisherman's Wharf neTelegraph Hill. Nemhaka yokuponeswa kwechivako chacho, Charles K. Field akambotaura zvine mukurumbira, kuti, "Kana, sezvavanotaura, Mwari akarova taundi racho nokuda kwokuva rakanyanyisa, neiko Akapisa machechi Ake ndokusiya whiskey yaHotaling?"