The Whiskey That (Almost) Destroyed Brooklyn

A taste and historical deep-dive into the history of how whiskey almost destroyed an entire neighborhood of Brooklyn. This episode of Behind The Bottle dives deep into the history of the whiskey tax that riled up Irish Immigrants after they survived the potato famine and the illegal bootlegging that followed. We also dive into how New York's whiskey scene is setting itself apart from the rest: Empire Rye. WHISKEYS MENTIONED - Kings County Straight Bourbon: https://z.btbb.cc/KCSBourbon Kings County Gift Set: https://z.btbb.cc/KCGiftSet Kings County Empire Rye: https://z.btbb.cc/KCEmpireRye Kings County Blended Bourbon: https://z.btbb.cc/KCBlended Jaywalk Rye: https://z.btbb.cc/JaywalkRye Jaywalk Bonded Rye: https://z.btbb.cc/JaywalkBonded Van Brunt Rye: https://z.btbb.cc/VanBruntRye Widow Jane 10-Year Bourbon: https://z.btbb.cc/WidowJane Fort Hamilton Double Barrel Rye: https://z.btbb.cc/FortHamiltonDBRye Hudson Whiskey NY Do The Rye Thing: https://z.btbb.cc/HudsonRye Hudson Whiskey NY Bright Lights, Big Bourbon: https://z.btbb.cc/HudsonBourbon Black Dirt Bourbon: https://z.btbb.cc/BlackDirtBourbon Finger Lakes Distilling McKenzie Pot Still Whiskey: https://z.btbb.cc/McKenziePotStill Coppersea Excelsior Bourbon: https://z.btbb.cc/CopperseaExcelsior Black Button Empire Rye: https://z.btbb.cc/BlackButtonER Great Jones Rye: https://z.btbb.cc/GreatJonesRye FOR FUTHER READING - The Guide to Urban Moonshining: https://z.btbb.cc/MoonshiningBook Dead Distillers: https://z.btbb.cc/DeadDistillersBook TIMESTAMPS - 00:00 King's County Blended Bourbon 01:26 Irish Heritage 04:11 Civil War Taxes 04:50 An Attack on Home Distilling 06:25 The Whiskey Ring 07:31 Physical Violence 9:08 The Last Military March 10:02 NY's Modern Distilling History 11:08 King's County Distillery 11:56 New York Empire Rye 13:38 NY Rye 13:59 Great Jones Rye 14:53 Fort Hamilton Double Barrel Rye 15:55 NYDC Jaywalk Bonded Rye 16:51 Outro