liquor

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• SOURCE: Whiskey Wash
  2/6/2022
  

  Erin Gilliam of Kentucky State U. on African American Contributions to American Whiskey

  Historian Erin Gilliam discusses the fruits of an oral history investigation of African Americans' experiences working in distilleries. 

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• SOURCE: Nursing Clio
  10/14/2021
  

  Manhood, Madness, and Moonshine

  by Dillon Carroll

  Today's concern for "deaths of despair" among white Americans isn't unprecedented; a wave of alcoholism and temperance advocacy after the Civil War highlighted the relationship between social unsettlement, substance abuse and social reformism.

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• 7/11/2021
  

  Cocktail of the Week: The Versatile Mule

  by Kathryn Smith

  Enjoy a variation of the Moscow Mule as a summer cocktail (alcohol optional) with a history lesson on the cocktail's creation. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/29/2021
  

  Liquor Laws Once Targeted Gay Bars. Now, One State Is Apologizing.

  New Jersey's liquor commission has released documents that show how it applied liquor laws to close gay bars, showing how marginalized groups can be singled out through bureaucratic means. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/29/2020
  

  Mr. DeMille, I’m Ready for Your Booze Stash

  A look inside the subculture of "dusty hunters," collectors of old-stock liquor. Usually this means finding discontinued brands in the back of a liquor store, but sometimes it means buying a legendary film director's supply.