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Pre-order — Releasing December 2026
Spirits of the Republic
Rum, Whiskey, and the Making of Early America
A new book from John Fitch Distilling Company. Author Shawn Jacobaccio traces how distilled spirits — Caribbean rum, New England commerce, and Pennsylvania whiskey — became the volatile economic and social glue holding a fragile new nation together. Not the story of political elites, but of the distillers, traders, and innovators who built early America — among them John Fitch himself: Revolutionary War supplier, steamboat pioneer, and the namesake of our distillery.
Pre-order now · expected release December 2026
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