I doubt that the alcohol out of the big factory with the big industrial process has anything wrong with it whereas I am not sure I really would want to drink that 'prohibition era' recipe stuff made in small batches. Who knows what polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, methanol and whatever other hangover inducing chemicals get made by the 'twee' process alluded too?

Sounds to me that these faux whiskeys are a great product with a plausible legend (that beats a white label saying industrial alcohol) and, scratch beneath the surface, but isn't fake really part of what America is?