Sept. 18, 2025

Liberty Pole Old Monongahela Full Proof Rye!

Send us a text Interesting things about the distillery:Expanded in 2023 and now makes about 2000 bottles a yearPot still onlyUses Bloody Butcher cornLow yield, about 25% lessA “Liberty Pole” was kind of like a banner posted by the Mingo Creek Society to protest the excise tax imposed on whiskey to help pay for the War of IndependenceWhiskey RebellionHamilton Vs JeffersonHamilton wanted a stronger federal Government and felt the nation should assume the debt from the states from the warJeffers...

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Interesting things about the distillery:
- Expanded in 2023 and now makes about 2000 bottles a year
- Pot still only
- Uses Bloody Butcher corn
  - Low yield, about 25% less
- A “Liberty Pole” was kind of like a banner posted by the Mingo Creek Society to protest the excise tax imposed on whiskey to help pay for the War of Independence
Whiskey Rebellion
- Hamilton Vs Jefferson
  - Hamilton wanted a stronger federal Government and felt the nation should assume the debt from the states from the war
  - Jefferson believed the states should act more independently and pay their own debts
  - Hamilton was the Treasury Secretary and won the battle
- Excise Whiskey tax of 1791
  - Taxed the production of whiskey, not the sale
  - Remained the law until Jefferson repealed it in 1802
- The effect in Western PA
  - Western PA was mainly a grain economy. Many people were paid in grain, and it was easier to transport whiskey over raw grain
  - Whiskey was a way of life, and everyone drank it as it was safer than water, a lot of times
- The battle
  - Only one small skirmish
  - Washington himself led about 13,000 troops against the few thousand rebels.
    - The only time a sitting president ever was on the battlefield leading troops
  - Rebels disbanded after seeing the force
- The ending
  - Only 2 people were charged with treason, and both were pardoned by Washington
  - MANY of the rules of protest we think about today were established here, as well as thoughts on free speech
Our Bottle: Old Monongahela Full Proof Rye
- 61% Rye | 13% Red Winter Wheat | 13% Rye Malt I 13% Malted Barley
- Sweet Mash
- 108 proof
Pipe Pairings: Samuel Gawith full Virginia flake
Cocktails:
Research Sources
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqmOcvPwW5M
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEVsAz8dWzU