Reply To: Kiddush Shabbos Morning on bronf'n

There actually is a historical reason for the MB allowing whiskey. He mentions that wine was hard to get but not a the reason why. There was a mini ice age in Europe that lasted over 200 years that caused average temperatures to drop over 20 degrees, enough to kill off al vineyards in northern Europe. That’s when beer whiskey vodka gin started to be distilled out of what was locally available. Because north Europeans settled north America, Americans were not wine drinkers early on