Before Prohibition, for somewhat similar reasons, both distilleries and schoolhouses closed down in summer. Most whiskey, like most learning, was produced in winter, left to mellow through the hot weather.* Distillers counted whiskey's maturity in summers because they thought that season gave whiskey its best bouquet. Last week this old-time cycle came back into the liquor business for the first time since Repeal. National Distillers, No. 1 U. S. whiskey producer, announced that seven of its nine distilleries had been shut down until October. With heated warehouses, National's decision had nothing to...
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