Ponies and Jiggers, January 2024
January 2024 brings you Ellicottville Brewing’s Galentine’s Day Brunch, an intriguing Strawberry Rhubarb Moonshine by Still Fired Distillery, and the 6th Annual Cask Ales FUNdraiser by LIBME supporting diabetes education. Plus, Catoctin Creek celebrates 15 years with expanded shipping options, though NY remains off-limits (jokingly tempting illicit whiskey runs).
Pine Barrens Single Malt Whisky
**Long Island Spirits** makes whisky from **Blue Point** *Old Howling Bastard*. It takes Fervere a year to find a bottle and a little less than a month to drink.
QnA with DnU: Scott Harris
Melba speaks to the owner of the first distillery in Loudoun County, Virginia, since Prohibition.
Harvest
Fervere has had a busy couple of weeks, beer-wise. And guess what summer? You’re over (no matter what the calendar says)!
So that’s where I put it
In 1907, Sir Ernest Shackleton, the British explorer, decided to take a trip to Antarctica. He was well prepared. In 2010, his hut was discovered by scientists, and underneath they found a few cases of Mackinlay’s whisky. The bottles are going home…