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Hello, its me solo today because our washington colleagues are having a well deserved thanksgiving break. In a normal year a holiday message from the american president in which he encouraged people to gather together at homes and places of worship, to give thanks, would hardly raise an eyebrow. But this, of course, is no ordinary year. And the president s thanksgiving message last night was in direct conflict with the advice issued by nearly every Public Health official, moreover the advice of ...

While doing some work on their house Nick and Patrick discovered a bunch of bootlegger whiskey from 1923.

While doing some work on their house Nick and Patrick discovered a bunch of bootlegger whiskey from 1923.

While doing some work on their house Nick and Patrick discovered a bunch of bootlegger whiskey from 1923.

While doing some work on their house Nick and Patrick discovered a bunch of bootlegger whiskey from 1923.

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 ...

After a blundered wine pick on a first date, Fred Ryan knew it was time to take wine seriously. Decades later, Ryan would become chief of staff for Ronald Reagan, and publisher and CEO of The Washington Post, but hes come back to wine—and presidents—in his fascinating new book "Throughout my life I have developed a passion for wine and presidential history as separate subjects," Ryan told Unfiltered via email. "I realized that these topics could come together to tell the never-before-co...

New York Couple Find 100-Year-Old Bootleggers Stash of Whiskey in Their New Home Published December 23rd, 2020 - 12:03 GMT Nick Drummond and Patrick Bakker said they had heard while preparing to purchase their home in Ames that it might have belonged to a bootlegger in the 1920s. (Screenshot/ Video) A New York state couple said they ripped up some rotten wood at their recently purchased home and made a surprising discovery -- a bootleggers stash of whiskey from 100 years ago. Nick Drummon...

db’s top 10 most read stories of 2020 23rd December, 2020 by Lucy Shaw From drunk elephants and a whisky-loving Pope to Ryan Reynolds apologising to The Rock, we bring you to our top ten most read news stories of 2020. 10: Ryan Reynolds apologises to The Rock over Aviation acquisition  In August, actor-turned-spirits investor Ryan Reynolds apologised to fellow actors-turned-spirits moguls Georg...