November 17, 2025 | By Dorothy Tecklenburg, WCCF Trustee
With Liberty Pole Spirits, there’s a lot to distill. There’s the whiskey of course, but there’s also the story.
More than a decade ago, Jim and Ellen Hough were struck with inspiration. They wanted to make whiskey, and considering the history of the region, they wanted to do it the way it was done in the 1700s — using heirloom corn varieties and whiskey and rye recipes from that era.