Before Your Time
Before Your Time
VTDigger
The Land of Gin and Whiskey
22 minutes Posted Apr 12, 2018 at 9:33 pm.
0:00
22:10
Download MP3
Show notes

Visitors who come to Vermont seeking artisanal alcohol may not realize that it used to be one of the driest states in the nation: Prohibition lasted longer here than almost any other part of the country. But some experts say that dry spell may have led to today's booming alcohol culture. On this episode, an old homemade grappa still leads us on a tour of taverns, lost apples, stone dust, boarding houses, and back-to-the-land homebrewers.