Bourbon's Tales // Ingenuity & Defiance during Prohibition

08/28/24 • 38 min

Decades Distilled // A History of Whisky

This week is all about American Whiskey, aka Bourbon, during the 1920's! Prohibition was a rocky time for the bourbon industry, but it also sparked some cool tales of ingenuity and defiance which we are excited to talk about today.

Plus we welcome our first guest, friend, author and Editor in Chief of the Whiskey Reviewer, Richard Thomas. He'll join us later on to speak to the winners--and losers--of prohibition.

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Plus we welcome our first guest, friend, author and Editor in Chief of the Whiskey Reviewer, Richard Thomas. He'll join us later on to speak to the winners--and losers--of prohibition.

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Whiskey's New Dawn // The Road to Repeal

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In this week's episode - we take another look at Prohibition. This time Sarah and I talk about the positives of Prohibition. After unleashing economic devastation and levels of crime never seen before, something good had to come of this social experiment, right? Listen to this episode and find out.

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Raise a Glass // The End of Prohibition

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In the law-breaking spirit of the decade that spawned bootleggers, speakeasies, and organized crime, we realized that we had to bend the rules and cover events that stretch beyond the 1920s. In this, the "final" episode of the season, we discuss the factors that brought about the end of Prohibition. We will be back soon so be sure to like, rate, and subscribe, and keep an eye out for some extra episodes to hold you over until we go back to the 1880s for Season Two of Decades Distilled!