Whiskey Bottles – Dram Devotees

Foust’s Fancy Flasks (& How They Were Shaped By Pennsylvania’s Booming Glass Industry)

The Fousts, a distilling family that had been making whiskey in York County, Pennsylvania since 1840, marketed their products in incredibly unique containers. William Foust had always used creative glass […]

The Hughes Brothers’ “Belle of Bedford”

Posted on: February 28, 2023March 11, 2024American whiskey , Distilleries , History , Pennsylvania rye whiskey , Pre-Prohibition , Rye , Uncategorized , Whiskey Bottles

One of the more exciting rye whiskey brands in 2023 is named after a pre-Prohibition rye whiskey from Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It is not a unique thing to start a […]

The Creation of Concentration Warehouses and Their Impact on the American Whiskey Trade

Posted on: May 25, 2022June 17, 2024American whiskey , Barrels , concentration warehouses , Distillation , Distilleries , History , Production , Prohibition , Reference , Uncategorized , warehouses , Whiskey Bottles , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations , Whiskey Trust

To all those dusty Prohibition-era bottle collectors out there… The labels on those pint bottles from the early 20th century tell a story that is not often told (or explained). […]

The Cullen Bill and the Post-Prohibition Glass Bottle Monopoly

Posted on: May 20, 2022August 7, 2023American whiskey , Barrels , Distilleries , History , Prohibition , Reference , Whiskey Bottles , whiskey bottles , Whiskey Facts , Whiskey laws and regulations , Whiskey Trust

“It was the keg, not the bottle that disappeared during prohibition, the heyday of the bootlegger.”– Hugh J. McMackin, Secretary of the National Wholesale Wine and Liquor Dealers’ Association (July […]