Craft distillers not only ones with shiny new stuff
Some beverage journalists may seem to be specializing in reporting on the craft distilling movement, but the little guys aren’t the only one installing new equipment as the global demand for hard...
View ArticleIn retirement, distiller creating a new winner
From the mansion to the boondocks. An interesting path for Dave Scheurich, who retired as the master distiller of Woodford Reserve bourbon in 2011 after a 17-year tenure in that position. He now is...
View ArticleWorkers strike at 2 Beam distilleries
• From ABC News … More than 200 union workers walked off their jobs at Beam distilleries at Clermont and Boston in Kentucky after voting Friday to reject the latest contract offer from the world’s...
View ArticleWhiskey-beer hybrid from Sam Adams, Berkshire distiller
A pair of Massachusetts alcoholic beverage makers founded nearly a quarter-century apart have found common ground in something that happened in 1775. Berkshire Mountain Distillers (BMD) and the Boston...
View ArticleBrooklyn contingent checks out WNY beverages
• From WBFO.org You might call it “show-and-tell” for some local craft breweries and wineries. The industries are thriving in Western New York and some potential investors are taking notice. The...
View ArticleBrooklyn becomes NYS distilling center
The opening of new wineries in New York State stopped being big news a year ago when we topped the 400 mark. Likewise with new breweries and distilleries. What is big news is where such efforts are...
View ArticleVT distiller claims America’s 1st single malt
Somewhere in this craft whiskey mad country of ours there is a distiller who will dispute the claim by a Vermont company that it has produced our first legal American single malt. Hopscotch Vermont...
View ArticleGrants to NYS wineries also aid whiskey expansion
Three New York State wineries are then recipients of quarter-million-dollar federal grants to help expand their businesses. And, not all of the money will be limited to wine-related efforts. The...
View ArticleAlbany Distilling plans public holiday party
An hour-long session of complimentary food and beverage samples will precede “a grand old time” at the Albany Distilling Company on Saturday, December 17. The event, being referred to as the “fourth...
View ArticleAbout that winery ‘distilling grant’— it’s sort of wrong
When it was announced last week that the Thousand Islands Winery had received a federal grant it would use to expand its distilling operation, many people in the state’s wine industry were surprised,...
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