Editor’s Letter: Winter 2025
I once visited a large distillery in Speyside. It’s not open to the public. There’s no visitor experience, tasting room, or merch corner. Instead, there’s a high-tech factory that produces millions and millions of liters of spirit every year,...
Letter from the Editor: Fall 2024
As I write this, I’m getting ready to leave for the 2024 ADI conference. It will be my first time in Baltimore, and I’m almost as excited to experience a new place as I am to see all my...
Letter from the Editor: Summer 2024
One of my favorite traditions at the ADI International Spirits Competition takes place on the last night, after judging is complete, scores tallied, and medals awarded. All of the gold- or double-gold-winning products are laid out in the locked...
Letter from the President: Craft at a Crossroads
2023 was the first full year of business as usual after the pandemic. Whew. We can almost hear the collective sigh of relief.
But with the unique challenges of the pandemic behind us, we’ve been reminded that the industry’s day-to-day...
ADI’s 2024 International Spirits Competition: Photo Gallery
ADI's 2024 International Spirits Competition is officially in the books. Thanks to all the amazing stewards and judges who make this competition possible, and to the hundreds of talented distillers who submitted their products. The quality of spirits submitted...
Announcing the Winter Issue
After all the flowing punch bowls, lavish cheese boards, and popped Champagne corks of the holidays, January can feel like a monthlong hangover. Unless you’re doing dry January, in which case hangovers are no longer on your list of...
Letter from the Editor: Fall 2023
Do American regional cultures still exist? There are times when I wonder. Within a 15-minute walk from my house in Portland, Oregon, I can obtain Philly cheesesteaks, Maine lobster rolls, Detroit pizza, and Tex-Mex barbecue tacos, many served from...
Editor’s Letter: Celebrating 20 Years of ADI
2023 is the American Distilling Institute’s 20th anniversary. Like all big birthdays, it inspired a little bit of taking stock.
I mean that quite literally. To assemble the craft distilling timeline in this issue, I delved through the full backstock...
Editor’s Letter Winter 22-23
The New Year asks us all to reflect on the passage of time. That won’t be a new exercise for distillers. Making spirits, after all, is a time-based art. When will those barrels laid down years ago be ready...
News in Brief
News
Grocery Merger Could Reshape Retail
Kroger has announced plans to purchase Albertsons in a move with the potential to transform the grocery industry across much of the country. “Kroger plans to invest in lowering prices for customers and expects to...
