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Mar 20, 20246 min read
THE STILL LIFE OF GISELA GARCIA GLERIA
With translation assistance by Catador Itinerante, AKA Pablo Goldbarg The artist's rendering of copper pot stills The first time I...
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Feb 13, 202422 min read
CAPTURING THE LIGHT FROM A SWORD: ROY RIACHI MAKES WHISKEY IN LEBANON
The distiller and his still Nestled in the mountainous region of Metn, at an altitude of around 1100m, the Lebanese village of Khenchara...
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Jan 4, 202430 min read
ALAN BISHOP RESPECTS THE GRAIN
Alan in his rick house at Spirits of French Lick Distillery "You are an Alchemist: Make gold of that" - William Shakespeare One of the...
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Oct 18, 202312 min read
A TALK WITH THE HIGHLY SPIRITED STEPHANIE MCNEW
McNew at the Home of the Bell Witch in TN. I talk to a lot of people in the spirits business as part of my job, but I've never met anyone...
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Jun 8, 202333 min read
MATT STRICKLAND TAKES ON THE IRON CITY DISTILLERY
It is said that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was Louisville, Kentucky, before Kentucky was known as the Bourbon Capital of the world. In the...
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Jan 25, 202315 min read
A SCOTSMAN MAKES AMERICAN SINGLE MALT WHISKY
THE AMAZING JOURNEY OF SHANE FRASER Master Distiller Shane Fraser in front of a copper pot still at Tenmile Distillery Hang around a...
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Aug 17, 202216 min read
A DATE WITH ABSINTHIA VERMUT AND THE GREEN FAIRY
A Laughter filled conversation with the noted Bay Area Craft Absinthe Producer Absinthia Vermut displaying her wormwood tattoo in New...
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Jun 23, 202216 min read
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE "BOURBON SASQUATCH"
Steve Akley, The Hardest Working Man in the Bourbon Biz Tune in to "The Bourbon Talk Show" sometime and you will hear the distinctive...
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May 18, 202211 min read
A TOAST TO THE LADY OF THE WOODS:THE STORY OF BIRKENTREE, WHISKY'S NATURAL COMPANION
Max MacFarlane, Master Blender, with Rob Clamp, Co Founder of BIRKENTREE One of my favorite things about making a career in the world of...
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Apr 20, 20225 min read
THE REAL DEAL: WHY DISTILLERY TOURS MATTER
So the story goes something like this: At around 5:30 in the evening on December 10,1914, a huge explosion erupted in West Orange, New...
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