Whiskey & Soda
It is now well established in the world of whiskey appreciation that a drop or two of water added to your glass can help your spirit to open up and allow its aromas and flavors to develop. Once popular...
Interview with Larry Piaskowy of the Alembic
Moving from his hometown of Chicago to the west coast, Larry Piaskowy has been a chef in San Francisco at venerable bars like 15 Romolo, where excellent cocktails and spirits walk hand-in-hand with soulful food. Given a chef background...
Interview with Davorin Kuchan of Old World Spirits
Old World Spirits (OWS)/Kuchan Cellars has pioneered in a number of areas since master distiller Davorin Kuchan launched this Bay Area-based distillery in 2005 with the motto, “Good Stuff Needs No Special Effects.” OWS is CCOF Organic Certified, sourcing...
Bubble Cap Award: Todd Leopold of Leopold Bros.
Big drops of rain hit the sidewalk along the path from the gate to the main door of Leopold Bros. distillery in Denver. The smell of spring rain fills the air. Todd Leopold greets me outside the building in...
Top 10 LA Cocktail Bars
As with many great cities around the globe, Los Angeles is easily a cocktail and spirit loverís destination. LA may have been late to the cocktail renaissance for a city of its stature and population, with a revival that...
The Alchemy of Maine Grain: A Spirit of Home
Romantic, agrarian, the hard-working Yankee way—back-to-the landers came together to build a community. This is how Luke Davidson spoke of his youth, and how his agricultural background influenced Maine Craft Distilling.
The Love of Labor and Community
During the 60’s and...
From Bark to Bourbon
Yeast is an amazing organism. It’s a fungus, one we encounter every day—not only through the fermented beverages we drink and the bread we eat, but also in the very air we breath. For millennia, humankind collaborated with wild...
Meta Interview with Jeremy Johnson
One of our favorite Louisville bars for years was Meat, a unique haven for quality cocktails in a late-night setting upstairs in a former butcher shop. Although that now-closed bar supposedly has plans to reopen, its talent has moved...
Limestone Branch Interview with Steve Beam
Though you’ll recognize the famed whiskey name Beam, brothers Steve and Paul Beam opened their Limestone Branch Distillery in February 2012 as a completely independent craft distillery in the town of Lebanon on the Bourbon Trail Craft Tour, in...
What is a Master Distiller?
In the rapidly growing craft distilling industry, no other question — save the definition of the term “craft” — triggers as much heated debate as the meaning behind the title of “Master Distiller.” Much has been discussed or written...
