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Distilled in Washington : a history / Becky Garrison ; foreword by Charles Finkel.

Garrison, Becky, 1961- (author.). Finkel, Charles, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"Washington has a tortured history with liquor. Efforts to ban or restrict it date back to 1854, before the region even attained statehood, with blue laws remaining on the books well into the twentieth century. Delve into the legends and the outliers responsible for this illicit and unsavory business that has now emerged as a respectable multimillion-dollar craft spirits industry. From Jimmie Durkin, an enterprising saloon owner, to Roy Olmstead, a former Seattle cop turned gentleman bootlegger, the business of liquor has inspired both trouble and innovation. Join author and journalist Becky Garrison as she traces the history of the barrel and the bottle from early settlement to the modern craft distilling boom in the Evergreen State."-- Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781467156240
Physical Description: 174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Publisher: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174).

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / by Charles Finkel -- How Whiskey Won the Pacific Northwest. Origins of distilling in the Oregon Territory ; Liquor and the law ; Westward expansion ; What the heck is hooch? ; Pioneering attempts at commercial distilling ; The rise of illicit distilling ; Selling safe spirits -- The Righteous War Against Alcohol. Souls versus saloons ; Suffragettes versus saloons ; Local option laws: Wets versus drys ; Washington State goes dry -- Prohibition in "Wet" Washington State. Legal consumption of alcohol during Prohibition ; The Canadian connection ; The Evergreen State's rumrunners and bootleggers ; Prohibition and the pilots ; Distilling Prohibition-style spirits ; Washington State's infamous moonshiners ; The repeal of Prohibition kinda, sorta -- Legislating Liquor. Formation of the Washington State Liquor Control Board ; Washington State's first licensed distillery post-Prohibition ; Washington State gets into the booze business ; Illicit distilling and illegal bars continue in Washington State ; The birth of the craft distilling movement ; Home distilling remains illegal ; How to read a liquor bottle -- The Rise of Pacific Northwest Single Malt Whiskeys. Logging and liquor: The birth of Westland Distillery ; Copperworks Distilling Company: From suds to single malt ; Setting the standards for American single malt whiskey -- Washington State's Craft Spirits Come of Age. Seattle's urban distilleries ; Greater Seattle (North) ; Northwest Washington ; Greater Seattle (South) ; Southwest Washington ; The Islands ; Olympic Peninsula ; Central and Eastern Washington -- The Future of Distilling -- Appendix: A Tour of Washington State Distilleries.