(This post follows the previous one involving Lew Rosenstiel’s Origins with Schenley.) Schenley’s origin story is incomplete without the inclusion Cincinnati’s James Levy & Bro. The company was founded in […]
Women Behind the Bar in the 1930s.
One of the more interesting shifts in culture caused by the Repeal of Prohibition in 1933 is that women (at least in Pennsylvania) were finally given the right to serve […]
Thoughts After the Passing of a Whiskey Legend.
Most people think of whiskey legends as having been distillers or distillery owners, but I would argue that America’s “whiskey historians” deserve some of that praise, as well. After all, […]
Jenny Lind- “The Swedish Nightingale” Inspires Whiskey Makers
THERE IS NOTHING NEW ABOUT CELEBRITY WHISKEYS, folks! (Sorry to shout with all caps, but if there’s one thing that an #AmericanWhiskeyHistory page should do, it should be to remind […]
An Argument To Rethink Something We Believe To Be True
“There were 6 distilleries licensed to manufacture medicinal whiskey during Prohibition.” If we’ve read it once, we’ve read it a thousand times. However, this statement is not true for a […]
Interview with Whiskey Lore
Episode 1– When Pennsylvania Ruled American Whiskey Drew and I discuss Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey tradition and history. Episode 2– Breaking Pennsylvania Through Kentucky Bourbon’s Hold on American Whiskey History The […]
Does Terroir Influence Whiskey?
When a wine maker talks about what sets his/her wine apart from others, you can be sure terroir will be a part of their explanation. Terroir is “the complete natural […]
Dear Whiskey Advertisers,
Women like whiskey too, advertisers. I have been unable to avoid web articles on “women and whiskey”, women in the whiskey industry, or the all too common “10 reasons why […]
Rare Bottle of OFC Bourbon Raffle in the Philadelphia,PA Area
BOURBON + BBQ + DVFF FUNDRAISER + WIN A VERY RARE BOURBON BOTTLE By Joe Canals West Deptford THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 2017 7:00 PM — 8:30 PM An Evening […]
Summer 2016 PA Distillery Tour #16- Stoll and Wolfe Distillery, Lititz, Pa
Every once in a while, you get to see a circle being completed. The last distillery to close its doors in Pennsylvania was Michter’s Distillery in Schaefferstown in 1990. The […]