Robert Dawson of Kō Hana Distillers
Kō Hana Distillers is a pioneering Hawaiian distillery specializing in agricole-style rums. The company began in 2009 as a farm, launching its first agricole-style rum made entirely from Hawaiian-grown sugarcane in 2014. Founders Robert Dawson and Jason Brand have...
Alayne & Jason MacIsaac of Sheringham Distillery
Sheringham Distillery’s commitment to sustainability is not just admirable, but crucial to our future. And it’s a vision they hope the craft distilling world will unite behind. Founded by husband-and-wife team Jason and Alayne MacIsaac in 2015 on southern...
Distiller Interview with David Weglarz of Still 630 in St. Louis
David Weglarz launched StilL 630 (www.still630.com) in 2012, driven by a passion for quality product, local, organic ingredients and experimenting with unique distillation processes. Producing gin, whiskey, rum, brandy and agave, they’re known for a botanical library of over...
Interview with Tim Obert of Seven Stills Brewery & Distillery
Since Tim Obert and Clint Potter founded Seven Stills in 2013 in San Francisco, they became the first and only brewery-distillery within the city’s small 7x7 miles. Seven Stills refers to the city’s seven signature hills (akin to Rome)...
Interview with Distiller Joyce Nethery
Heading roughly 30 miles outside Louisville in the countryside of Shelbyville, a warm red post-and-beam building with exposed timber trusses houses a distillery, backed by a patio lined with rocking chairs. On these inviting grounds sits Jeptha Creed Distillery...
Interview with Jon O’Connor and Kyle VanStrien
Long Road Distillers co-founders, Kyle VanStrien and Jon O’Connor, have racked up awards and nominations since launching their Grand Rapids distillery over a shared passion for spirits in May 2015. From the beginning, Kyle and Jon committed to local...
Interview with Marko Karakasevic
When I think of Wine Country spirits, I think Charbay and the Karakasevic family. Certainly, they are distilling leaders, launching in 1983 around the same time as fellow NorCal/Bay Area pioneers St. George Spirits and Germain-Robin.
In a region that...
Jay Erisman
Launched in 2014, New Riff Distilling (https://newriffdistilling.com) has been a standout craft distillery for the Cincinnati area, just a couple blocks off the Ohio River on the Kentucky side. Their rye and gin were the most memorable and balanced...
Interview with Distiller Andrew Lohfeld
How does a degree in mathematics and computer science lead to distilling? What if you also studied religion, monasticism, ancient Egyptian language, culture, folklore and food pathways in archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania? Such is the background of...
Distiller Interview with Andy & Charlie Nelson
Brothers Andy and Charlie Nelson fully awakened to their rich distilling family history in 2006 when their father Bill took them to Green Brier. Green Brier was home to the original Nelson Distillery, which closed in 1909 during Tennessee...
