Rye grain from 1878 shipwreck opens door to rare whiskey revival efforts
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Mammoth Distilling helped to recover a 140-year-old rye grain from a Lake Huron shipwreck to recreate historic whiskey varieties and revive Michigan's dormant rye industry.
"It's a tip of the spear in terms of a very, very large project to make rye better in the world." "It's a much bigger story than just a cool shipwreck." Andrea Margolis is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can follow her on X at @andreamargs or send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
The source is a wooden schooner named the James R. Bentley that's been sitting in Lake Huron for nearly 150 years. The ship sank in Nov. 1878 after striking a shoal.

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