Pwenner: This is an aerial view of the Horsey Distillery Farm, part of the historic Needwood Plantation off Rt. 17 between Brunswick Crossing and Burkittsville. From the 1850s until the beginning of Prohibition, rye whiskey was distilled from grain grown on this farm and marketed across the United States as "Horsey's Old Maryland Rye." The photograph from SMHS' Horsey Collection shows the farm in the 1930s after the distillery had closed. According to Christopher Mentzer: "The distillery was approxi...

2023-11-21T00:24:13Z

This is an aerial view of the Horsey Distillery Farm, part of the historic Needwood Plantation off Rt. 17 between Brunswick Crossing and Burkittsville. From the 1850s until the beginning of Prohibition, rye whiskey was distilled from grain grown on this farm and marketed across the United States as "Horsey's Old Maryland Rye." The photograph from SMHS' Horsey Collection shows the farm in the 1930s after the distillery had closed. According to Christopher Mentzer: "The distillery was approxi...

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== Summary ==
This is an aerial view of the Horsey Distillery Farm, part of the historic Needwood Plantation off Rt. 17 between Brunswick Crossing and Burkittsville. From the 1850s until the beginning of Prohibition, rye whiskey was distilled from grain grown on this farm and marketed across the United States as "Horsey's Old Maryland Rye."

The photograph from SMHS' Horsey Collection shows the farm in the 1930s after the distillery had closed. According to Christopher Mentzer:

"The distillery was approximately 200 yds due South of the “Mill Lane” As you went down the lane, the building was on the left." (Likely the ruins of the mill in the upper left). Outerbridge Horsey’s rye whiskey was discontinued when the name and company were sold in the early 1900’s. The new owners kept the name but reverted to producing the far less expensive corn based spirits."

Rebecca Slaughter Boyer:
"We found documentation that they made medicines there during the Civil War, but I want to say the distillery was burned down during the war."

(Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society)

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