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Rye grain from 1878 shipwreck opens door to rare whiskey revival efforts
Fox News ^ | 08/07/2925 | Andrea Margolis

Posted on 08/07/2025 4:16:22 PM PDT by Omnivore-Dan

Long before bourbon dominated the liquor market, rye whiskey reigned supreme.

Now, a Midwestern distiller is teaming up with scientists to bring back a long-gone type of grain and turn it into spicy, bold whiskey.

The source is a wooden schooner named the James R. Bentley that's been sitting in Lake Huron for nearly 150 years. The ship sank in Nov. 1878 after striking a shoal.

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TOPICS: Agriculture; History; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: 187811; 1879; agriculture; alcohol; booze; bourbon; crops; distillery; godsgravesglyphs; grain; jamesrbentley; lakehuron; oenology; rye; whiskey; whiskyryeshipwreck; zymurgy

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To: dljordan

There are lots of variations. The one I quoted was from Tex Ritter’s recording.


21 posted on 08/07/2025 7:36:00 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Mariner

“Good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye”

Haven’t thought of that old song in years. Wonder if the levy is still dry.


22 posted on 08/07/2025 9:55:45 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: TLI

Makes perfect sense to me.


23 posted on 08/08/2025 4:07:08 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: ClearCase_guy

Pretty cool and appropriate. Where’s it from?


24 posted on 08/08/2025 4:08:58 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: PubliusMM

Going to have to wait a couple years, but just my be worth the wait. Either way, something interesting to look forward to.


25 posted on 08/08/2025 4:12:13 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Huh. I’m from Jersey, not that far and have never heard of Pikesville Supreme. Going to have to check it out.


26 posted on 08/08/2025 4:13:52 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: kawhill

Yes sir. “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy!”.


27 posted on 08/08/2025 4:15:12 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: Omnivore-Dan

Top half is Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”. Bottom half is just me.


28 posted on 08/08/2025 4:18:04 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The list of things I no longer care about is long. And it's getting longer.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Was it Tex Ritter or Merle Haggard?


29 posted on 08/08/2025 4:18:19 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: bwest

No idea. didn’t see that.


30 posted on 08/08/2025 4:21:29 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: Ciaphas Cain

My kind of guy.


31 posted on 08/08/2025 4:22:14 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: know.your.why

Oh, God no. Been there done that except wasn’t much class in being puke-plastered. As my German father used to say “”Aush fershtucken” which he said meant “rolling in the gutter drunk”.


32 posted on 08/08/2025 4:29:32 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: kvanbrunt2

I’ll bet there is still some out there, probably pricey though.


33 posted on 08/08/2025 4:33:14 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: Mariner

Every time I hear the word “barleycorn” I think of the Traffic tune, “John Barleycorn must die”. Poor John.


34 posted on 08/08/2025 4:35:36 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: ClearCase_guy

You have talent.


35 posted on 08/08/2025 4:40:18 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I will have to check it out, thanks.


36 posted on 08/08/2025 4:47:00 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: Omnivore-Dan

Tex Ritter, according to the source I saw.


37 posted on 08/08/2025 5:27:12 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Omnivore-Dan; SunkenCiv

“The ship sank in Nov. 1878 after striking a shoal.”

DUI?.................


38 posted on 08/08/2025 5:42:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Omnivore-Dan

Same, Elijah Craig. Not a big rye fan. Predominately corn for me.


39 posted on 08/08/2025 5:59:27 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Red Badger

No one was at the wheel, most of the crew was overboard, swimmin’ with bowlegged wimmen.


40 posted on 08/08/2025 7:15:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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