Prohibition

Rum, Hookers, and Smuggling: The Secret Story of Coolidge’s Visit to Cuba

Posted on May 11, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

By Christopher Woolf In 2016, Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. Coolidge was known as Silent Cal, a dour New Englander; an old fashioned puritan and a dedicated enforcer of Prohibition. So what was he doing in fun-filled Havana? He had a two-fold mission: to[…]

The Prohibition-Era Origins of the Modern Craft Cocktail Movement

Posted on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

Something needed to be done to mask the taste of bootleg alcohol that could include ingredients ranging from dead rats to wood tar. With America in the middle of a flourishing craft beer and craft spirits movement, it’s easy to forget that Prohibition was once the law of the land. One hundred years ago, on[…]