Thursday, February 24, 2011

Omnivorous: Dry No More

Evanston's Few Spirits is just one of several regional craft distilleries setting up shop.
by Mike Sula
Even before it formally came into existence, Evanston was decreed dry when Northwestern University imposed a four-mile ban on the sale of alcohol around the college campus in 1855. And the city remained that way up to and during Prohibition, as well as long after it ended—the first legal drink wasn't sold there until 1972.…

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Source: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/alcohol-distilling-paul-hletko-few-spirits/Content?oid=3305785

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