Places & Faces

Jammyland in Las Vegas Puts Hospitality First

I wrote about Los Angeles’ Caña Rum Bar more than once after it opened in 2010, including here in Distiller. It was easily LA’s best rum bar at that time, due in large part to warm, engaging service and...

Native American-Owned Distilleries Are Overcoming the Odds

On a blinding California afternoon, Andrew Alejandra makes his way through Rolling Hills Casino until he arrives at a bright, well-kept tasting room connected to its distillery. Eventually, Alejandra ducks through a half-hidden door to where the real magic...

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...

Top 10 Vancouver Bars

Surrounded by water and mountains, Vancouver is the shining big city of western Canada. This picturesque city shares some of the rich produce and mild climate (for Canada) with the U.S. West Coast below it, with Seattle being a...

Bottleshop

Delta Dirt Distillery first opened its doors in April of 2020. It has the distinction of being Arkansas’ first and only Black-owned distillery and America’s only Black-owned farm to bottle distillery. Thomas Williams, Delta Dirt’s Head Distiller, is the...

Greenbar

“Nothing Melkon does is normal,” Joe Keeper declares. “It’s all funky, and that funk is love. Like it or dislike it, there’s no arguing that someone at Greenbar cares about every single ingredient.” Melkon is Melkon Khosrovian, Greenbar his distillery,...

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...

Satoshi Yonemori of Grapes & Soda

To walk into tiny Grapes and Soda in Vancouver’s laid-back South Granville neighborhood is to experience the vision of Satoshi Yonemori. Often the only bartender behind the intimate bar (there is just one other part-time bartender), Yonemori is a...

The Story of Black Distilling Is Being Written Now

When I took my first steps into the world of whiskey, let’s be honest: The whiskey was its own reward. But part of the lure for me was also the history. There were tales that I wanted to learn....

Top 10 Honolulu Bars

The enchantment and relaxing vibes of Hawaii can be felt even in Honolulu, the biggest city in the islands. Honolulu is located on the island of Oahu, which has a population of just under one million people. It’s easy...