[2][9] Wigle was one of the Whiskey Rebellion's earliest agitators, culminating in his assault of a Western Pennsylvania district tax collector.

[10] George Washington, despite his outrage and contempt for Wigle, later pardoned him, as he feared hanging the rebel would stir a civil war in the young nation.

[13][14][note 1] The distillery offers tours every Saturday and explores the history of the Whiskey Rebellion, as well as the distilling process, Wigle's spirits, and a tasting.

A former produce warehouse, the barrelhouse provided a place for tastings and tours up until 2019 with the purchase of the new facility on Smallman Street in the Strip District.

The facility formerly hosted weekly bottle labeling parties every Tuesday, where guests could assist in the packaging process in exchange for drink tokens.

Threadbare Cider and Mead serves as an homage to Pittsburgh-native Johnny 'Appleseed' Chapman, who spread apple seeds harvested from the banks of the Monongahela River across Ohio and Indiana, providing new orchards for pioneering Americans.

Throughout the year, Wigle supports various farmers markets and other special community festivals and events through pop-up kiosks.

[30][6][5][31] The Meyer family worked with the Artisan Distilling Program at Michigan State University throughout the distillery's earliest years.

[32] The distillery found differences in the tastes and compounds of the resulting whiskeys that could be traced back to the regional grains used in the distilling process.