2020 Distillery of the Year — Spirit Works
I’m thrilled to announce that this year, the American Distilling Institute Bubble Cap award goes to Spirit Works Distillery in Sebastopol, California, founded by Ashby and Timo Marshall.
ADI began in 2003 with the vision of supporting the burgeoning distilling...
Spirits Industry Launches “Ship My Spirits” Campaign in Support of Spirits Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in...
Spirits DTC would increase New York jobs and consumer convenience
ALBANY, N.Y. – The American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA), American Distilling Institute (ADI) and Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), three of the nation’s leading trade associations representing distillers...
ADI to Make Public Comment to TTB
On November 26, 2018, TTB published a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled “Modernization of the Labeling and Advertising Regulations for Wine, Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages.” This proposal is a significant reorganization and amendment of the rules that govern...
American Distilling Institute 2019 Conference and Expo
Roaming 50,000 square feet of expo floor in the massive Colorado Convention Center feels like a workout. But such a workout in the distilling industry means sipping experimental spirits from fellow distillers, shopping for stills and bottle labels or...
Frequently Asked Questions: TTB Reporting
Q: What can we expect during a TTB audit?
A: Audit scopes, conducted by the TTB Audit Division, vary depending on the auditor, DSP, and many other factors. Common types of audits include on-site reviews of records and reports, on-site product...
Congratulations to ADI’s 2020 Judging Award Winners
Click here to access the full list of 2020 award winners.
Once again, ADI’s Judging of Craft Spirits took place in the San Francisco Bay Area and we were blessed to have perfect weather when we received 11 pallets of...
Judging of Craft Spirits
In 2007, when ADI held its first annual spirits competition, there were fewer than 100 craft distilleries in the USA, and the Judging awarded just 12 medals. Eleven years later, the number of craft distillers in the country has...
Was the Emerald City a Mirage? How Portland, Oregon, has Gone from ...
In 2010, five distillers who’d set up shop near one another in southeast Portland got together to see if some cooperation could lift all boats. They formed a collaborative known as Distillery Row, coordinating weekend hours to encourage more...
Craft Spirits Conference & Expo Overview 2018
Duncan Holaday is pretty sure he’s diagnosed what ails many ADI members. It’s an affliction whose symp-toms include the conscription of every household vase and pot as a fermenta-tion vessel and spouses hollering down the cellar stairs to ask...
ADI and TLP in NOLA for TOTC
As an extension of the judging program, ADI brought some of the best craft spirits to Tales of the Cocktail.
ADI, along with The Liquid Projects, sponsored two craft-spirits tastings at Tales of the Cocktail, a bartending conference that has...
