Kansas City-based J. Rieger & Co. will celebrate the annual 816 Day Aug. 16 with the release of its Straight Rye Whiskey Bottled in Bond.

The festivities kick off at 5 p.m. with live music from The Vincents, in Electric Park Garden Bar. Attendees can shop and support local vendors like Shop Local KC, Sava Trading Company, Thou Mayest Coffee Roasters, André’s Confiserie Suisse, Messner Bee Farm and Green Grass Cattle Co., all of whom share J. Rieger & Co.’s passion for Kansas City.

The first whiskey distilled in Kansas City since prohibition, J. Rieger & Co. Straight Rye Whiskey Bottled in Bond recently received gold medals at both the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and the ASCOT Awards.

J. Rieger & Co. was originally founded in 1887 in Kansas City’s West Bottoms Livestock Exchange district. The distillery offered over 100 alcoholic products on a national basis, including the iconic Monogram Whiskey, but was forced to close in 1919 with the advent of Prohibition. In 2014, 95 years after Prohibition, the brand was relaunched by business partners Ryan Maybee, co-founder of The Rieger and Manifesto, and Andy Rieger, the great-great-great-grandson of Jacob Rieger.

The current distillery is in the historic Electric Park neighborhood in Kansas City. The core product line includes Kansas City Whiskey, Midwestern Dry Gin, Caffe Amaro, and Premium Wheat Vodka.

For more information, visit https://www.jriegerco.com/our-spirits/riegersryebib.