Every year, a team of William Grant & Sons blending specialists travel to the Caribbean to inspect distilleries and identify the finest rums. The ones that make the cut are blended together to create the ideal base for the unmatched recipe of natural spices.

Our founding fathers were known to drink a little bit, said A'Lelia Bundles, president of the National Archives Foundation. "A lot of our major documents were created while they were drinking."Indeed, George Washington ran his own distillery from his estate after his presidency, Thomas Jefferson curated a renowned wine collection and Andrew Jackson made his own whiskey. Today, President Barack Obama brews his own beer on the White House grounds.Since repeal, American attitudes toward drinking has ebbed and flowed -- consumption remains below three gallons per adult per year to this day -- and the product is regulated through a hodge-podge of federal, state and local laws that govern production and distribution.