Whiskumentary - Prohibition | Part 2: The Law of Unintended Consequences

Whiskeys: I.W. Harper • Jack Daniels • Old Fitzgerald • Cabin Still • Kentuky Tavern • George A. Dickel • Old Forester 1920 Prohibition • Old Overholt Rye • Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Whiskey • Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond • Four Roses • Wild Turkey • Heaven Hill • Henry McKenna • Chicken Cock • Maker’s Mark

Topics: Part 1 Recap • In 2050, the 7-armed illegal aliens from Ganymede will be stealing our jobs • The state of the whiskey industry in 1920, fellas! • Dudes in Tennessee must have been acting like absolute assholes • 25 million people worldwide died from the Spanish Flu in 1918 • People had a year to stock their liquor cabinets before Prohibition’s enactment • Rabbi O’Shaughnessy? • Enforcement was a little bit maybe sorta kinda little bit lacking • Alcohol consumption increased during Prohibition (just ask your taxi driver) • Two-thirds of all distilled liquor is quite bad • The rise of organized crime • The surprising careers of Al Capone’s brothers • George Remus: The King of Bootleggers • Amazon: The King of the Bootlegger’s Legacy • Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style QuickTaste • 6 million pints of whiskey per week were consumed via whiskey prescriptions • Why are most flagship brands so bad?

Music Credits: It Had To Be You by Marion Harris (1924, Public Domain) • The House of the Rising Sun by Tom Clarence Ashley (1933, Public Domain)