The Peach State is experiencing a rum renaissance. America was still an abstract concept when the 13th colony, Georgia, was established in 1732 to honor King George II of England. Originally ...

The state’s ban on alcohol lasted from 1907 to 1935, but legislation would make it difficult to create rum and other spirits for many years to come. Legal challenges and agricultural changes ...

By 1735, “strong liquor” like rum was banned, the first act of alcohol prohibition in the not-yet-formed nation. The ban was overturned a few years later, but in the next century, it would take hold, ...