On November 12, 1878, the James R. Bentley was sailing across Lake Huron when a fierce storm blew in and took the schooner down. Now, after spending the past 146 years submerged in Lake Huron’s chilly waters, some of the rye on board may be getting a second life. A team of Michigan-based scientists, distillers and divers is trying to resurrect the long-submerged grains in hopes of one day turning them into whiskey. Read the full story by the Smithsonian Magazine.
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