Summer 2015 Issue

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...

Branding:Distilled A Guide to Package Design for Craft Spirits

THE BRANDING AND PACKAGING DESIGN PROCESS STEP BY STEP A good design partner will help you clarify your brand vision, and then bring it into tangible...

The History of 125

How does the proof that whiskey is entered into a barrel affect the final outcome of its character and flavor? Is there an ideal...

Secrets to Swimming with the (Financial) Sharks

First, do this: go online and search “Balcones whiskey and its investors.” The Balcones lesson is this: once you take investor money, your company changes....

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...