SHOREHAM, Vt. (AP) — Meghan Ireland always loved chemistry, but as a college freshman studying chemical engineering, she didn’t know she could…
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Meghan Ireland and her dog, Murphy, walk by one of the 750-gallon pot and column whiskey stills at the WhistlePig distillery Monday, April 6, 2026, in Shoreham, Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Sample whiskies are seen in the blending laboratory at the WhistlePig distillery Monday, April 6, 2026, in Shoreham, Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Meghan Ireland, the chief blender at the WhistlePig whisky distillery, pours a sample into a beaker in the lab Monday, April 6, 2026, in Shoreham, Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
-he WhistlePig whiskey distillery occupies the site of a former dairy farm Monday, April 6, 2026, in Shoreham, Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)