Places & Faces

For his 60th birthday, Richard Anderson’s wife delivered big. Sarah Anderson sent him and brothers in-law, Dave Wallace and Craig Maxwell, to Scotland on a Scotch-tasting tour. It was a game changer. Sipping their way through distilleries across Islay, Scotland, propelled...

by Neven Vorkapic Dreams can be overwhelming, but what is left out there for us if there are no dreams to follow? Some time ago, way back in the 1980s, I was just another small-town kid dreaming big, aiming for the...

Portlandia and Powell’s Books, breweries and Pacific Northwest cuisine, Portland (aka PDX) wears the mantle of hipster city… and that it is: a green city situated on the Willamette River, with charming cottages and homes on tree-lined streets and...

There is a lot about the Lost Spirits Distillery that is unique to the distilling community. Few subjects are more likely to bring out pitchforks and torches from traditionalists than their accelerated-aging technique — creating flavor precursors by tweaking...

There is a fresh wind blowing in the historically reverent city of Louisville. Yes, bourbon still reigns, even controls, the region and longtime distilleries have dominated the culture like venerable parents and grandparents. But a diverse expansion has been...

In early 2016, a pioneering distillery in the heart of Uptown Oakland, CA quickly became a cult favorite. This is Oakland Spirits Co., OsCo for short. Its most well-known spirits are Sea Gin made with foraged Nori, coastal bay...

When one begins touring the historic center of Charleston, the feeling is almost museum-like. But the small city is not so much pristine as it is preserved, as if stepping straight into the 1700s. Though founded in 1670, the...

Colorado is a kaleidoscope of craft distilling. Every aspect of the spectrum of craft distilling has a model here, from world and national brands to local favorites and corner distillery pubs. Stranahan’s has the rags-to-riches legacy of going from...

KROBĀR Craft Distillery (at Barton Family Wines) krobardistillery.com 2174 Hwy 46 West Paso Robles, CA 93446 Tasting hours: 11am-5:30pm Thurs-Mon and by appointment 833.576.2271 Stephen Kroener and his partner Joe Barton hail from winemaking families. Kroener makes wines at Silver Horse Winery south of San Luis...

There wasn’t much in the way of coursework for distillers in the early 2000s, and early adopters in American craft distilling relied on the tried-and-true scientific method. This is most likely why Robert Cassell has become the successful veteran...