History – Page 8 – Dram Devotees

MGP Ingredients- The Distillery Prohibition Did Not Destroy

If you’re tasting a lot of whiskeys and considering where they come from, you’ll have already become familiar with MGP (Midwest Grain Products) Ingredients. In most cases, you’ll have read […]

Potential in Pennsylvania

Posted on: February 28, 2017February 28, 2017Corn , craft whiskey , farming , History , Reference

Picture a seed in your mind. It’s small. Even sitting in the palm of your hand, it doesn’t seem like much. But for all its unassuming nature, make no mistake, […]

The Cost of Prohibition for Pennsylvania

Posted on: September 13, 2016September 13, 2016American whiskey , Distilleries , History , Prohibition , Reference

While it is slowly becoming common knowledge that Pennsylvania is the birthplace of American whiskey, I’m often asked, ”Why is Pennsylvania only now showing signs of distilling life again?” The […]

Summer 2016 PA Distillery Tour #10- Maggie’s Farm Rum Distillery, Pittsburgh, Pa

Posted on: July 27, 2016July 28, 2016craft whiskey , History , PA Local distilleries

Her Jamaican rum And when she did come, I asked her for some. -Bob Dylan, lyrics from 4th Time Around Usually, my interest lies in American whiskey. But before there […]

Learning From History

Posted on: May 21, 2016May 21, 2016History , Prohibition

I strongly believe that those of us that don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. That goes for ourselves and our nation. The only amendment to the Constitution […]

“Old Hickory” and “The Hickoryites”

Posted on: May 14, 2016May 14, 2016American whiskey , Famous Whiskey Drinkers , History , Whiskey Facts

Andrew Jackson was an interesting character. He was born to Scots-Irish immigrants (most likely landing first in Philadelphia) somewhere between the border of North and South Carolina in 1767. He […]

Booz and Booze

Posted on: April 29, 2016February 27, 2023American whiskey , History , PA Local distilleries , Reference

Where does the word “booze” come from? Let’s look at the hazy origins of the word and what a Philadelphia whiskey retailer may have had to do with “booze” becoming […]

Stoll & Wolfe

Posted on: March 31, 2016March 31, 2016American whiskey , craft whiskey , Distillation , Distilleries , History , Master Distiller , Reference

There are many new distilleries popping up in Pennsylvania, but none carry the Pennsylvanian distillery torch quite like Stoll and Wolfe. You see the name Stoll and Wolfe, which is […]

New Distilleries in Pennsylvania

Posted on: March 29, 2016American whiskey , craft whiskey , Distillation , Distilleries , History , mashbills , Production , Reference , Whiskey laws and regulations

The American Whiskey Convention in Philadelphia was a bit of an inspiration for me to spend a bit more time discussing the boom in whiskey distilling here in Pennsylvania. The […]

The Amazing Booker Noe

Posted on: March 6, 2016March 7, 2016American whiskey , History , Master Distiller

I can’t stress this enough. Booker Noe was an incredible man. The titans that paved the way for the modern bourbon age that we find ourselves in were not […]