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Bootlegger Bungalow: prohibition-era whiskey found in New York house during renovation and last updated 2020-12-23 23:03:41-05 AMES, NY. -- In upstate New York sits a tiny village nestled in a quilt of green patches dusted with snow in the winter. “When you’re in a small town, everyone knows everyone,” homeowner Nick Drummond said. The village is called Ames. Population: 150 people – give or take a few. “We’re one of the smallest incorporated villages in New York s...

Stirling & Glasgow, Scotland. Est. 1878 That the stash is so well preserved is not surprising: Each bottle was sheathed in the original Old Smuggler tissue-paper, reading, “The Produce of the Heather Hills of Scotland,” then painstakingly cloaked in long, hardened sticks of straw. The bundles were stuffed with loose straw, then wrapped together in multiple, heavy layers of brown packaging paper. Like a cherished Christmas present, the bulky parcels are tied and knotted tightly, several ...