It is due in large part to Hollywood, that America’s collective memory of the Vietnam War is now inextricably linked with the popular music of that era. Most of those links are with the music of the late-60s counterculture and …

It is amazing to me that sometimes history sits right before our eyes and we fail to realize it. I grew up in North Carolina and often drove across a bridge on 421 over the Yadkin River and have even …

Though it starts with a whimper vice a boom, canned beer makes its debut on this day in 1935. In partnership with the American Can Company, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s …

In Hartford, Connecticut, the first constitution in the American colonies, the “Fundamental Orders,” is adopted by representatives of the towns of Wethersfield, Windsor, and Hartford.
The Dutch discovered the Connecticut River in 1614, but English Puritans, under a grant from …

On this day in 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million (in …

English adventurer John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia–the first permanent English settlement in North America. Smith, a colorful figure, had won popularity in the colony because of his organizational abilities and effectiveness in dealing with local Native …

On this day in 1780, Patriot Francis Marion’s Carolina militia routed Loyalist’s forces at Blue Savannah, South Carolina, and in the process Marion won new recruits to the Patriot cause.

Marion, a mere five feet tall, won fame and the …

The Wonderful World of Bitters

So lately, we have been working on an experiment in bitters. I keep getting asked…. “WD, what exactly are bitters and what are they good for?” So I thought I would take a few moments …

So, I love football as much as anyone, but more fun than perhaps football, are the ads at Superbowl time. We are officially entered in Intuit’s Small Business Big Game contest to win a 30 second ad during the Superbowl! …

So a update to the status of the apparatus here at Three Brothers’ Whiskey. We attended our second board meeting with the Sussex County Board of Supervisors yesterday. We introduced ourselves and discussed what we as a business bring to …