Jacob's Pardon

Brothers Jacob and Abner Taub made their own whiskey during Prohibition ... but one fateful, wintry night in 1929, the pair were arrested and jailed for violating the Volstead Act. Six years later, with the ink on the 21st Amendment still drying and Prohibition finally in the rearview mirror, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pardoned the brothers. This absolution would set into motion a proud family tradition spanning generations — which has culminated in the Taub family’s modern-day homage to their intrepid relatives.

Jacob’s Pardon marks the Taubs’ return to their roots as rectifiers in the spirits business. Today, third-generation Marc Taub (Jacob’s great-nephew) and his son Jake have been exploring America’s finest whiskey-, bourbon-, and rye-producing territories, cherry-picking select barrels … and befriending America’s foremost spirits expert, F. Paul Pacult, along the way.

Together, Marc, Jake, and Paul expertly blend this new family of whiskeys which includes a collection of ultra-fine, aged single-barrel releases and a series of small batches showcasing unique junctures in American whiskey.