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A Little History on a Pennsylvania Classic: Rittenhouse Rye Whisky

Posted on: March 2, 2023March 4, 2023advertising , American whiskey , Distilleries , History , Pennsylvania rye whiskey , Prohibition , Reference , Uncategorized , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations
A Little History on a Pennsylvania Classic: Rittenhouse Rye Whisky

Good ol’ Rittenhouse Rye Whisky. It’s been a standard sipper for the American rye drinker since it was launched by Continental Distilling Corporation as “Rittenhouse Square Straight Rye Whisky” in […]

What is With All the Black Fungus Near Distilleries?

Posted on: February 17, 2023February 20, 2023American whiskey , Bourbon , Distilleries , Uncategorized , warehouses , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey Science
What is With All the Black Fungus Near Distilleries?

What is all that black fungus in Kentucky? I’m a Pennsylvania resident and have never lived in Kentucky bourbon country, so I’ve never had to deal with the aggravation of […]

What happened to Maryland’s Hunter Rye?

Posted on: January 9, 2023March 11, 2023Aging Techniques , American whiskey , Blends , Canadian Whisky , Distillation , History , Maryland Rye , Pre-Prohibition , Production , rectifiers , Reference , Rye , Uncategorized , Whiskey Facts
What happened to Maryland’s Hunter Rye?

Once one of the most popular brands of rye whiskey in the country, if not the world, Hunter Rye Whiskey, was a product of Maryland. The brand was first introduced […]

What is Rock and Rye?

Posted on: January 1, 2023American whiskey , History , Pennsylvania rye whiskey , Prohibition , rectifiers , Rye , sugar , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations
What is Rock and Rye?

What is Rock & Rye? Simply put, it is a rectified rye whiskey. Some Pennsylvanians may remember Rock & Rye from our childhoods as a medicinal treatment for a cold […]

What Should a “Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey” Category Look Like Today?

Posted on: November 10, 2022November 10, 2022American whiskey , Pre-Prohibition , Production , Prohibition , Uncategorized , Whiskey Facts
What Should a “Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey” Category Look Like Today?

This has been an ongoing debate for a while now…even if it should have been a debate that took place in the 1930s. (Hindsight is 20/20 they say…) The question […]

The Halloween Tragedy that Relocated a Distillery  

Posted on: October 31, 2022Distilleries , Halloween , History , Pennsylvania rye whiskey , Pre-Prohibition , Prohibition , Reference , Uncategorized , Whiskey Facts
The Halloween Tragedy that Relocated a Distillery  

On Halloween night, just outside Connellsville, Pennsylvania, a man was violently murdered for the gold in his pockets. Mystery surrounded the event, and for years the townspeople spun tales and […]

How Canada Quietly Changed the American Whiskey Drinker’s Palate

Posted on: October 21, 2022October 21, 2022Canadian Whisky , History , Prohibition , Reference , Uncategorized , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey Trust
How Canada Quietly Changed the American Whiskey Drinker’s Palate

The last few weeks have been spent trying to find my way back onto social media platforms. I was kicked out on October 1st when I crossed our northern international […]

The Old Monocacy Creek and Her Distilleries

Posted on: September 30, 2022November 18, 2022History , Pennsylvania rye whiskey , Pre-Prohibition , Reference , Uncategorized , Whiskey Facts
The Old Monocacy Creek and Her Distilleries

I was recently asked about distilleries that would have once existed in a specific area of eastern Pennsylvania. Why not, right? It seemed a good time to post about a […]

Where Did All Those Whiskey Terms Come From?

Posted on: September 11, 2022November 8, 2022advertising , American whiskey , Bourbon , History , Reference , Uncategorized , Whiskey Facts
Where Did All Those Whiskey Terms Come From?

I have been thinking a lot lately about labeling terms for whiskey that we take for granted in the United States. Bottled-in bond, straight whiskey, bourbon, pure rye, fine old […]

Do We Romanticize Pre-Prohibition Whiskey?

Posted on: August 8, 2022September 22, 2022American whiskey , History , Prohibition , Reference , Uncategorized , Whiskey Facts
Do We Romanticize Pre-Prohibition Whiskey?

This question is inevitably asked whenever a discussion about pre-Prohibition American whiskeys comes up. Industry folks tend to be very skeptical about “the old methods.” Their doubts are understandable, though. […]

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