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On the 11-mile drive from the New Jersey Transit train station, in Trenton, to the Dad’s Hat Rye distillery, in Bristol, Pennsylvania, you cross state lines on the bridge over the Delaware River and drive through the town’s quaint centre, a portrait of vintage Americana. You pass the King George Inn, a bustling command centre during the Revolutionary War when soldiers were stationed there to guard the river against British attacks. That history reverberates for miles and miles.
If you’re lucky enough to be riding to the distillery with Herman Mihalich, the distiller and co-owner, you’ll learn all sorts of other Revolutionary War trivia. And he’ll also point out the corner location along a main street in town where the Dad’s Hat tasting room is set to open. I was lucky enough to ride with Herman when I paid a visit to the distillery on
