ROAD TRIP
BOB TAGERT
Brews, Booze and Bacchus W
SOUTHERN MARYLAND STYLE!
ith the few 70-degree-days that we had in February, I contracted a big case of spring fever and started to think of the work that I need to do on my sailboat so we combined a trip to southern Maryland to check out one of my favorite summer hangouts in the winter. We also timed the trip so that we could attend the Maryland Distillers Guild event at Patuxent Naval Air Station Museum. This would give us the chance
to check on the boat, see friends and taste their new whiskeys and see how Solomons Island fared during the winter. If you haven’t been to the museum at Pax River you must really check it out. On this particular day, however, the museum was closed to the public so that the distillers could set up their wares for display, tasting and sales. Let’s start out with a little history from the Guild’s web page: “Maryland’s distilling history dates
back as early as the 1500’s, when the colonists first began producing rum and whiskey. Over the next few hundred years, the number of distilleries surged, solidifying Maryland’s place as a leader in the nation’s spirits industry. Prior to Prohibition, Maryland was the third largest producer of rye whiskey, with over 100 brands on the market. The 13 years of Prohibition hurt
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