Thursday, June 23, 2022

 Old Rock, It had the sock!


The stream runoff created a population of neighborhood drunk dogs.

Maggots in the corn bin added some protein to the mix.

When Thompson's Station, Tenn., added a new distillery, then the town suddenly had a rich liquor history. That's because the new distillery is near another business coming to Thompson's Station. Mars Petcare. That company started out as a distillery on the Kansas-Missouri border many moons ago. The Old Rock Distillery was located about three blocks from my birth home in Galena, Kansas. As a youth I remember neighborhood dogs becoming drunk after drinking from the stream behind the distillery. A member of the Doane family was an owner. People discovered that some of the "mash" left behind in the process of making whiskey was good stuff to serve to their dogs. Doane decided later on to shelf the whiskey concept and start making dog food.