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Man charged with drinking $102K worth of pre Prohibition era whiskey
Man charged with drinking $102,000 worth of pre-Prohibition whiskey
SCOTTDALE, Pa. —Hidden behind a basement staircase at a Westmoreland County mansion was a secret stash of liquid gold: old farm pure rye whiskey.
Distilled in 1912 and delivered to industrialist J.P. Brennan in 1917, nearly 100 bottles of West Overton Distilling Company's pure rye collected dust until their discovery recently.
Homeowner Patricia Hill surmised Brennan hid the whiskey during Prohibition. Hill purchased the South Broadway mansion from Brennan's daughter at auction in 1986. Since then, Hill has been remodeling the mansion and filling it with antiques in order to open a bed and breakfast, which she did in December 2012.
Read more: http://www.wtae.com/news/local/Man-charged-with-drinking-102-000-worth-of-pre-Prohibition-whiskey/-/9681086/19430164/-/dvewv0z/-/index.html#ixzz2OKkcaj8C
SCOTTDALE, Pa. —Hidden behind a basement staircase at a Westmoreland County mansion was a secret stash of liquid gold: old farm pure rye whiskey.
Distilled in 1912 and delivered to industrialist J.P. Brennan in 1917, nearly 100 bottles of West Overton Distilling Company's pure rye collected dust until their discovery recently.
Homeowner Patricia Hill surmised Brennan hid the whiskey during Prohibition. Hill purchased the South Broadway mansion from Brennan's daughter at auction in 1986. Since then, Hill has been remodeling the mansion and filling it with antiques in order to open a bed and breakfast, which she did in December 2012.
Read more: http://www.wtae.com/news/local/Man-charged-with-drinking-102-000-worth-of-pre-Prohibition-whiskey/-/9681086/19430164/-/dvewv0z/-/index.html#ixzz2OKkcaj8C
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