Who It’s For: Spirits drinkers, cocktail history fans, Prohibition-era enthusiasts, and whiskey curious drinkers.
For thirteen years, selling alcohol in the United States was illegal. The country drank anyway. The workarounds that kept liquor flowing from 1920 to 1933 produced some of the strangest, most inventive moments in spirits history, and each one left a mark on bottles you can still buy today.
This class is a tasting tour through those loopholes. Five pours, each one tied to a different way liquor kept moving during Prohibition. Bathtub spirits made at home from pre-Prohibition recipes. Whiskey smuggled across the Canadian border. Bourbon sold legally by prescription as medicine. Rum running on ships anchored just outside US waters. And a Scottish single malt that, as the story goes, slipped past customs on the strength of its medicinal reputation.
Bootlegger: Jordan Alexandria