MGP Ingredients Acquires Maker of Green Hat Gin

New Columbia Distillers, the first legal distillery in the nation’s capitol since Prohibition, was acquired by MGP Ingredients.  Terms weren’t disclosed.

New Columbia’s flagship product, Green Hat Gin, is a nod to George Cassiday, a Washington bootlegger known for his green fedora who illegally supplied bev/al to Capitol Hill lawmakers and staff.

 

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