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Thanks for the brief overview, although I'm most familiar w/ Hamilton's despicable charade during the Whiskey rebellion.

He led 12,000 NJ militia against my home county, Washington, PA when the total population here was 5,000.

At a recent Whiskey Rebellion festival his portrait was seen upside down in the residence of one of the rebellion's leaders.

Thanks for the brief overview, although I'm most familiar w/ Hamilton's despicable charade during the Whiskey rebellion.
He led 12,000 NJ militia against my home county, Washington, PA when the total population here was 5,000.
At a recent Whiskey Rebellion festival his portrait was seen upside down in the residence of one of the rebellion's leaders.

Wow, thanks for mentioning that. It is heartening to know the folks over there not only remember but celebrate the event ( not the FedGov invasion, but the rebellion ). Them's my kind of people.

I was wondering, at those Whiskey Rebellion festivals do they still produce old time colonial era booze?

Any idea what they actually produced and how strong? I'm imagining a kickass American bourbon ( not some Euroweenie sippy drink ). I'm guessing rye ( today there are cornfields everywhere but back then, probably very little ). They could have used wheat or other grains too.

Anyway, just wondering. Never really crossed my mind before but since this is like a hundred years before Jack Daniels came along it might be interesting to know what they drank out there and how they made it.

I just remembered something. IIRC, there was talk alleging President Washington was sympathetic to crushing the rebellion because he also made Whiskey at Mount Vernon and this was his competition. That's all I recall though. May not be true but wouldn't surprise me.