Join Troy Hughes, local author and a co-founder of the revived pre-Prohibition whiskey brand Mt. Pleasant Club Whiskey for a walking tour that reveals why a handful of 19th-century liquor merchants made Mt. Pleasant, a famously “dry” neighborhood, their home.
The discovery of a 110-year old whiskey bottle in his Mt. Pleasant residence inspired Hughes to research the history of local liquor production. The results of his investigation were collected in his book, Whiskey Makers in Washington, D.C., A Pre-Prohibition History. Troy’s newest publication is Makers and Shakers: A Hidden History of Black Americans in Booze.
During the walk Troy will share:
- History of Mt. Pleasant, a D.C. neighborhood founded after the Civil War–but listed on Washington maps since 1792!
- The role local whiskey makers played in the area’s social history.
- Colorful former residents whose stories live on as Mt. Pleasant Club Whiskey brand names.
- “New” neighborhood streets that connect the 19th-centjury neighborhood to the 21st–and to contemporary local whiskey makers.
The tour will conclude with a private tasting of Mt. Pleasant Club Whiskey offerings.