Tag: Prohibition

• Whiskey Wednesday: Dry(ish) January

  

  On January 16th, 1919 Nebraska became the 36th of the 48 states that composed these United States of America at the time to ratify the 18th Amendment thus beginning the “noble experiment” that was Prohibition. While Congress didn’t ratify the Amendment until January 29th, and the sale of alcohol wasn’t made fully illegal until January 20th, 1920, […]

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  January 17, 2019

  Drinking Poetic, History, Prohibition, Whiskey Wednesday

  Bottled-In-Bond LA, Dry January, Prohibition, Spirits, Whiskey Wednesday

• Whiskey Wednesday: Repeal Day

  

  With all the excitement, food, and celebrations that are crammed into the space between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day you can be excused for not noticing that noted scoundrel and always bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler managed to squeeze a completely new holiday in there: December 5th, Repeal Day. Repeal Day is the Hallmark Card Holiday of […]

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  December 5, 2018

  cocktails, Prohibition, Whiskey Wednesday

  21st Amendment, History, Prohibition, Repeal Day, Scofflaw, Whisk(e)y, Whiskey Wednesday

• History Along the Knob Creek 2001

  

  History is tricky. It’s written by the winners and often overly romanticized by the survivors as they remember the good and forget the bad in the harsh light of present difficulties. And when you throw alcohol into the mix things can get even murkier. Take the modern obsession with all things Pre-Prohibition. From the style […]

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  February 1, 2017

  Booker’s, History, Jim Beam, liquor, Spirits, Whiskey, Whiskey Wednesday

  Booker’s, Bourbon, Jim Beam, Knob Creek, Knob Creek 2001, Prohibition, rye, Spirits, Whisk(e)y, Whiskey Wednesday