CLEVELAND, Ohio — Towpath Distillery may have only started selling its full line of spirits from its facility inside of The Merchant Tavern in Akron in 2022. But the family history of the brand traces back to the Prohibition days, with roots on the Towpath Trail that the distillery is named after.
Anthony Piscazzi founded Towpath Distillery during the COVID-19 pandemic. His family history of distilling traces back to 1918, when his great-grandfather Rocco Piscazzi made his way to Northeast Ohio from Southern Italy. He teamed up with Dick Percocco, known as Whiskey Dick in Akron, to make illegal whiskey out of Orville for folks in the area.