The Nook & Canonsburg collective collaboration Unique home products inspired by patrons of prohibition’s past. The Bootleggers Vault Explore the prohibition 0.0s
Inspired by 1877-1952 James Wolocott Jr the Buck: James Wolocott Jr “The watchful senator” A buck is always alert, and so was James Wadsworth Jr. One of the first senators to call out Prohibition as a bad idea, he worked closely with Pierre du Pont and the AAPA to push for its repeal. When the 21st Amendment finally passed, you can bet he enjoyed a “I told you so” moment —probably with a well-earned drink in hand. Purchase The Buck Here
The Old Fashioned: The Speakeasy Staple If you walked into a speakeasy during Prohibition and asked for a whiskey drink, chances are you’d get an Old Fashioned. This classic drink predated Prohibition, but when the country went dry, things got interesting. With whiskey in short supply (and quality questionable at best), bartenders got creative, adding fruit, extra sugar, or anything to mask the taste of whatever bootlegged booze they could get their hands on. Thankfully, we don’t have to risk bad whiskey or a raid to enjoy an Old Fashioned today. Our Camp Craft Cocktails make it easy to mix up this Prohibition-era favorite—no secret knock required. “whiskey drink” View All Camp Craft Cocktails
RX: take one glass three times a day as needed. National Prohabition Act Blank Script X_____________________\ During Prohibition, the U.S. Treasury Department authorized physicians to write prescriptions for medicinal alcohol. Licensed doctors, with pads of government-issued prescription forms, advised their patients to take regular doses of hooch to stave off a number of ailments--cancer, indigestion, and depression among them. In Pittsburgh, the demand for medicinal alcohol led to some creative (and less-than-legal) practices. In 1919, four local doctors and a druggist were arrested for selling whiskey to “patients” they hadn’t even examined. The doctors earned $1 for each prescription, while the druggist got $5 a bottle for the whiskey. The scheme was so successful that local bootleggers had to cut their prices to compete. So, while Prohibition aimed to curb the nation’s drinking habits, it seems the doctor’s orders often included a stiff drink’s purely for medicinal purposes, of course. Prohibition in Pittsburgh