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Friday, July 12, 2024

The House that Old Crow Built

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  Seaview Terrace, also known as the Carey Mansion, in Newport, Rhode Island. If you recognize the mansion pictured above, it probably has n...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

I. W. Harper Deserves Better

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  I. W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 41% alc/vol In 2015, Diageo relaunched I. W. Harper bourbon, a 19th century brand created ...
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Saturday, June 15, 2024

Prohibition Is an Awful Flop. We Love It!

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  The repeal of Prohibition in 1933 was widely celebrated. National Prohibition in the United States (1920-1933) was always divisive, and ma...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

What’s in a Name? (Beam’s Version)

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  Fred, Freddie, and Booker Noe, at the Jim Beam Distillery, Bullitt County, Kentucky. What's in a name? That which we call a rose By an...
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Friday, May 10, 2024

Have I Learned Anything About Life? Maybe

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Grant Wood "American Gothic" (detail) In 2003, two of my friends were getting married. They'd both been around the block a few...
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Prohibition: How It Happened, How It Ended, Why It Still Sucks

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  An anti-prohibition parade in Newark, New Jersey in 1932. Apologists for the Prohibition disaster dubbed it the "noble experiment....
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Monday, April 22, 2024

A Train Ride to a Distillery? Yes, Please!

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  For special events, you can park at the Kentucky Railroad Museum in New Haven and ride the train to Log Still Distillery. Okay, I'm a ...
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