ADI News

Whiskey and moonshine production were the theme of ADIs Hands-on Distilling Workshop July 12 through 17th, where fourteen students hailing from California to Maine learned about the craft of making whiskey. This summer’s class was lead by the very...

1,452 lucky souls experienced the in-person (!) ADI Conference August 23-26 in Louisville. It was masked, muscular and magical. Hats off to the ADI Conference team who pulled it off, and the 180 vendors and sponsors who sponsored and...

Progress continues to be made on Federal Excise Tax Parity. Distillers across the country have been hard at work meeting with their legislators and asking for support of S. 2169 by Sen. Kirsten Gilibrand (D-NY) and H.R. 4083 by...

Vendome Copper & Brass Works offered exclusive tours to ADI 2021 conference attendees. The Vendome factory has been in continuous operation since the early 1900s, This was a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the production facility of one of the world's...

In applying for the ADI Internship, I focused on two things: What I wanted for myself in terms of a deeper understanding of the art of distilling, and the opportunity to observe the effects over time using several different...

Temporary economic relief measure provides much-needed revenue for devastated distilleries, convenience for consumers Click here to let the governor know you want the choice as a consume to purchase directly for your favorite distiller. SACRAMENTO – In just 15 days, California...

Duncan Holaday is pretty sure he’s diagnosed what ails many ADI members. It’s an affliction whose symptoms include the conscription of every household vase and pot as a fermentation vessel and spouses hollering down the cellar stairs to ask...

Alexandre Gabriel of Maison Ferrand will be the Keynote Speaker of ADI’s 2022 Gin Summit. Alexandre Gabriel is the owner and master blender of Maison Ferrand, a Cognac house with distilling roots stretching back more than four centuries. If that leads...

Spirits DTC Would Increase Illinois Jobs and Consumer Convenience SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The American Distilling Institute (ADI), Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), and the American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA) are three of the nation’s leading organizations representing distillers large and...

There are three sound frequencies in Irish whiskey now. The first is a boom. The second is a song, and the third is something like a low, subwoofer tremor, almost inaudible outside the scene but heralding a coming quake. First,...