It’s worth the trip just to see their amazing still, which was built in Germany and is all copper, ensuring the purest flavors.
Visit Blue Bird Distilling, an award-winning grain-to-glass distillery where they are happy to mix up a nice cocktail with one of their many whiskeys - including single malt, American wheat, rye, white rye, and four grain bourbon whiskey. Visitors can also stop by their tasting room and shop in Philadelphia for some tasty cocktails, food, and bottles to-go. Located on the banks of the Manatawny Creek (which means "place we meet to drink" in Lenape), the craft distillery features two Italian stills, four fermenters, and hundreds of barrels filled with aging whiskey, rum, and gin.
Take a tour of a modern distillery filled with Old World charm and sample the wares at the tasting room of the Manatawny Still Works. The distillery is in the former Walter Schnader Tobacco Warehouse which is on the National Register of Historic Places. If you are looking to learn about the history and process of distilling or want to relax with a drink and some quiet conversation, then this is your spot.
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THISTLE FINCH DISTILLERYĪt Thistle Finch Distillery, step back in time with a classic rye whiskey cocktail or enjoy free samples of distinctive, small batch spirits. John Anderson, was he first brick building built in Bedford and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Next stop is The Pub at the Golden Eagle Inn, where it’s never too early for some Christmas Cheer, a craft cocktail featuring bourbon, blueberry, blood orange, and cranberry. Today, you can walk through the village’s 18 buildings - including the distillery museum - to see how rye was transformed into the famed whiskey. The site is the birthplace of Pittsburgh’s famed industrialist, Henry Clay Frick, who also happens to be the grandson of Abraham Overholt - the original owner of the prosperous Overholt Whiskey distillery. Learn how Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey was produced back in 1810 with a visit to the West Overton Village & Museum. Honor the leader of the Whiskey Rebellion, David Bradford - a successful lawyer, businessman, and Deputy Attorney General of Washington County - with a with a tour of his former home, the Bradford House Museum. In honor of this proud tradition, Liberty Pole Spirits proudly displays a pole on each whiskey bottle label and as a tribute to the craft.
LIBERTY POLE SPIRITSĭuring the Whiskey Rebellion, tax opposers would plant Liberty Poles (wooden poles or lances with a “cap of liberty” on top that originated in the Roman era) around the nation.
Call in advance to book a barrel tasting or whiskey production tour where you’ll learn the history of the rebellion told from Philip Wigle’s perspective. WIGLE WHISKEYįirst stop - Wigle Whiskey - the most awarded craft whiskey distillery in America! From ryes and bourbons to flavored whiskeys, you’ll find your whiskey of choice or maybe even a rum, gin, absinthe, or vodka for a little extra fun.
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For more information on how to buy a pass and trail updates, visit the Whiskey Rebellion website. To quench your thirst (see what we did there?), here are just a few of the 70 total stops on the trail. Happy Travelers can now visit the heart of Whiskey Rebellion territory and raise a glass to those who led the charge at participating distilleries and drink in some history of the rebellion at museums. In 1794, farmers and distillers from western Pennsylvania rose up to protest the federal government’s whiskey tax - this revolt is known as the Whiskey Rebellion.
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