Who was Bootsie Magou?
- Bootsie Magou Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- Oct 8, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 9

Flapper by "day". Bootlegger by "night". Wily coyote by life in the 1920's and 30's.
All he did was mispronounce her name. "Mr. MacLardy," she said coldly, as he lay stunned at her feet, "it's pronounced 'Mah-gaow.' Not 'Muh-goo.' If you disrespect my name again, you'll suffer a fate much worse than lying on a barroom floor. "Do we understand each other Sir?"
Stakes were high in the 1920’s bootlegging scene, and Bootsie was on edge. She was being hunted - and she knew it. By the way, MacLardy soiled himself. Neither he, nor anyone else in that room, would ever mispronounce her name again.
Bootleggers Trail was no place for the faint of heart and Bootsie broke many of such during her run. Flapper by “day” and Bootlegger by “night”, she was an existential threat to the heartless traversing Bootleggers Trail.
To me, it was not a mystery why she was so successful. Everyone wanted a piece of Bootsie Magou, friend or foe, and her Bourbon was the closest you could get.