ADI’s mission is to provide distilling education for those looking to become a distiller or open a distillery. We have trained hundreds of distillers and helped provide information for the launch of many of the top Craft Distilleries in the US, Canada and abroad. We offer classes that cover such topics as: Business Plan, Regulatory, Fermentation, Distillation, Distribution, Marketing, Maturation, Packaging and Raw Materials. Members of ADI have access to the ADI EDU Video Library, which has educational videos of lectures, past conference materials, webinars and more!
Video Library
In our ever expanding ADI EDU Video Library you can view 100’s of recordings of webinars, educational breakout sessions from past conferences, and lectures from top consultants in the industry. READ MORE
Craft Spirits Conference and Vendor Expo
The annual ADI Conference offers 1, 2 and 3 day classes in various topics (distillery start up, nosing for faults, whiskey, etc), over 40 educational breakout sessions over two days, tastings, Gin Summit, panel discussions on industry topics, and more. READ MORE
Distilling Hands on Classes
Many of the top distillers in the US started off by taking a 3, 4 or 5 day hands on class with ADI. We offer various courses at different distilleries around the US and internationally. Check our Hands on Classes event page for the latest offering READ MORE
Distilling Research Grant
The DRG goal is to support academic research in distilling to advance the cannon of knowledge around craft distilling and to publish the finding of the research to help everyone make better spirits. An annual online auction of donated goods and services held in September and November provides the funding of the research. READ MORE
