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Where the Whiskey Rebellion Raged, a New Generation of Distillers Is Resurgent

‘We wanted to be part of something that we built ourselves, something intertwined with history and using the resources around us to make it, as well as using some creativity,’ one distiller explains.

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Frederick Kemmelmeyer's depiction of the Whiskey Rebellion. Via Wikimedia Commons
SALENA ZITO
SALENA ZITO

LATROBE, Pennsylvania — The making of whiskey at Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has often been fraught with a fair amount of drama. Whether it was those trying to make it or those trying to drink it, the government has sought to tax and sometimes even ban both activities.

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SALENA ZITO
SALENA ZITO

Ms. Zito is a CNN political analyst, and a staff reporter and columnist for the Washington Examiner. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through shoe-leather journalism, traveling from Main Street to the beltway and all places in between.

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