Liberty Pole Old Monongahela Full Proof Rye!

• 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    • Remained the law until Jefferson repealed it in 1802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