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Inside the Mystery of a Country Moonshine Bunker

NEW YORK TIMES

Distilleries are trendy in rural New York. But this one was open 88 years ago, during Prohibition. About 30 miles north of Poughkeepsie, in the small town of Pine Plains, is Ryan Road. Quiet and flanked by farmland, it has a discreet turnoff onto a long, gravelly driveway…

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Dutch’s Spirits Bootlegging Distillery Brings Booze Back to Pine Plains

Hudson Valley Magazine, October 2020

The historic former home of legendary mobster and bootlegger Dutch Schultz pours bourbon, gin, and rye in the Hudson Valley once more…

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Potent History Comes Full Circle at Dutch’s Spirits 

Chronogram, September 2020

On October 10, 1932, the FBI descended on a secluded, pretty spot in quiet Pine Plains. The innocently named Harvest Homestead Farm was a cover for what might’ve been the most impressive…