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...
United States Legislation: 2023 in Review
2023 resulted in legislation that strengthened gains from previous years. States such as California and Maryland renewed DTC privileges for in-state distillers, and cocktails-to-go were extended or made permanent by numerous states. A couple of states created self-distribution privileges...
Australia and New Zealand: 2023 in Review
The craft spirits industry continues to grow in Australia and New Zealand. Despite Australia having the third highest spirits tax in the world, surpassing a tax rate of $100 per liter of pure alcohol in 2023, distillers are discovering...
Baltimore Cocktail Bars
Baltimore. Crime reports, “The Wire,” the shadow of nearby D.C. — there are many things that cloud the reputation of Maryland’s largest city. It was a surprise, then, for a first-time visitor like myself, to see its beauty. The...
Anchor Brewing & Distilling: An Icon Changes Hands
In early August of 2010, Anchor Brewing and Distilling, San Francisco’s iconic 104 year-old Brewery was sold. The brewery that Fritz Maytag had brought out of bankruptcy in 1965 and developed into Americas flagship craft brewing and distilling enterprise,...
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...
Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour
Agro-tourism and eco-tourism have a nice ring for what they are, but alco-tourism sounds like a condition that requires attention.
Whatever you call it, whether it is the Scotch Whisky Trail, Portland’s Distillery Row, Tennessee Whiskey Trail, or the Iowa...
The Distiller Profile: Ted Huber
With his angular, boyish face perched just below a shock of bright blond hair bleached even lighter by hours of sunlight, Ted Huber looks more like he should be carving custom surfboards and driving a Woody in Santa Barbara...
5 Rums Every Micro-Distiller Should Try
Originally published as a sidebar in the article
Rum: The Once and Future King
“Don’t be stuck having to sell what you just produced, instead plan to produce that which you truly want to sell”
Ron Barceló Gran Platino, 1 Year Old,...
United Kingdom: 2023 in Review
In 2023, British distillers were hit with an unholy array of challenges: high inflation, a 10% increase in alcohol duty, an increase in the main rate of corporation tax from 19 to 25%, high energy prices, and significant increases...
