Bronx Doctor Opens First Distillery In The Borough Since Prohibition.

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Dr Renee Hernandez, owner of Tirado Distillery (Photo/ Hecks Digital Photography)

Call him Dr Feel Good. Renee Hernandez, MD, a local Bronx doctor is operating the first distillery in our great borough, Tirado Distillery, since Prohibition. The Bronx isn’t a stranger to alcohol production as evidenced by the many German breweries that dotted Melrose and Morrisania but after almost a whopping 100 years, we can drink to the first legal distillery within our borders – toasting with rum that uses ingredients that are 80% from local New York farms.

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