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DUTCH’S SPIRITS BOOTLEGGING DISTILLERY BRINGS BOOZE BACK TO PINE PLAINS, HUDSON VALLEY MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 2020

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.

Prohibition was a dangerous, glamorous time in American history. It was that gilded, Gatsby era when giggle water flowed, speakeasies thrummed, and underground bootleggers like Dutch Schultz hit the jackpot. It was all the cat’s pajamas until October 10, 1932, the fateful day when the FBI raided the Pine Plains mobster’s illegal operation, confiscating two 2,000-gallon stills and over 10,000 pounds of sugar in the process….