ADI News

Introduction The US Craft Distilling market continued to grow and mature through last year. We identified 425 producing craft distilleries at year’s-end 2013, including 74 new entrants. The market continues to grow along the same trajectory as the Craft Brewing...

The 11th annual ADI conference and vendor expo convened this year in the beautiful Pacific Northwest city of Seattle, WA. More than 1,000 attendees and over a hundred vendors gathered downtown in the shadow of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle...

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...

Fire water: experimental smoked whiskeys Darek Bell Bowling Green, Corsair Distillery, 2014 Paperback/200 pages ISBN 978-0983350019 Available @ Amazon Darek Bell is the owner or Corsair Distillery and author of Alt Whiskeys: Alternative Whiskey Recipes and Distilling Techniques for the Adventurous Craft Distiller. Bell received...

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...

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...

It may have taken more than 80 years for it to happen, but craft distilling has emerged from the secrecy of hollows, backwoods and old warehouses to climb on the cover of Fortune Magazine.  As Fortune reports, a 40%...

In the last few years, more and more companies have been creating spirits packaging with an eye to greater sustainability. To support this growing trend, the American Distilling Institute (AD) is pleased to announce that it is adding Best...