Shipwreck to Sipping Whiskey

Adventure. Science. Fine spirits! ✨ Join Cranbrook Institute of Science for the December installment of the Ignite Your Curiosity Speaker Series on Friday, December 19, featuring Chad Munger, Founder & CEO of Mammoth Distilling, and Dr. Eric Olsen, Associate Professor of Plant, Soil & Microbial Science at Michigan State University. In this speaker series, they’ll share the remarkable story of the 1878 James R. Bentley cargo schooner wreck in Lake Huron—where rye seeds laid preserved for nearly 150 years—and how these historic seeds were recovered, revived, and are now being used in whisky production! Quench your thirst for science!