American Whiskey, and How It Got To Be This Way

• Why the Matron Saint of American Whiskey Should Be Mary Hope

• The story of old Monongahela Rye: America's FIRST world-class whiskey

• Maryland Rye:  Monongahela's more sophisticated cousin 

• Neither Monongahela nor Maryland Distilleries of the Laurel Highlands

• The Other Side of the Mountains Whiskeymaking east of the Alleghenies

• Some once proud -- and now empty -- old Kentucky distilleries
          The sun no longer shines so bright on these Old Kentucky homes.
          Some were put out by Prohibition, but most died of mid-20th century economic-osis.

• Yo Ho Ho! and bottles o' RUM  What bourbon was to the South, Rum had already long
          been to the North East.
          And like rye whiskey, rum is now turning out to be a popular spirit for new distillers. 
   

• The Oscar Getz Museum of American Whiskey History in Bardstown, Kentucky

• (coming soon)  Down the River  and  Across the Gap:  The really-true story of Bourbon
  "Hey, Father Reese! You spilled corn whiskey into my rye!"
  "Hey, Herr Reiss! You spilled rye into my corn whiskey!"

• (coming soon)  ...And All That Jazz
  Bootleggers, Bourbon, and Bathtub Gin in the Roaring Twenties & Depression Thirties

By the way, you can find great (and usually more current) information about these brands and more at the WHISKEY ID website, http://whiskeyid.com . A great idea when you spot that rare dusty bottle on the shelf of a liquor store in a town you know darn well you'll never return to, so this is your only chance to buy it or them.

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