{"id":130736,"date":"2026-03-05T22:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/130736\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:16:30","slug":"sunflowers-to-spirits-new-rum-takes-root-in-erie-county-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/130736\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunflowers to Spirits: New Rum Takes Root in Erie County | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"sunflower liqour.png\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The Hagen History Center\u2019s 50 acre plot of sunflowers is a feast for the eyes for many, and in a new collaboration, they\u2019re going from sunshine to moonshine.<\/p>\n<p>The Wilds Sonshine (Sunshine) Factory will now use the sunflowers grown in Girard to create a spiced rum made from sunflower seeds.<\/p>\n<p>The group held an event at the Hagen History Center to celebrate the partnership and allowed attendees to try the brew.<\/p>\n<p>The spirit, called 1898 Bayfront Reserve, will be sold exclusively in Erie County after its label is approved by the federal government. The spirit is aiming for a summer 2026 launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hagen History Center\u2019s 50 acre plot of sunflowers is a feast for the eyes for many, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[60751,14496,136,138,137,9662,57432,60749,60748,60750],"class_list":["post-130736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-1898-bayfront-reserve","tag-alcohol","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-hagen-history-center","tag-rum","tag-spiced-rum","tag-sunflower","tag-wilds-sonshine-factory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}