Craft Spirits Weekly
Welcome to the tenth issue of Craft Spirits Weekly, a service dedicated to bringing you the news most important to the craft spirits distiller. Check your inbox every Thursday to find a curated selection of articles and news pieces from the American Craft Spirits Association.

Denver Filmmakers Plan to Tell American Whiskey's Story
How better to tell the story of American whiskey than through the producers who grow the grain and the distillers who craft the spirit? That’s just what Denver-based production company Traverse Image has set out to do with “The Whiskey Film,” a farm-to-barrel documentary that’s set to release in Spring 2018. (5280.com)

New Texas Distillery Crafts Vodka from Black-Eyed Peas
BlackEyed Distilling Co. launched March 4 with a grand opening event featuring craft cocktails and tastings of BLK EYE Vodka, the first vodka crafted by hand from black-eyed peas. (BusinessWire via Yahoo! Finance)

Buffalo Distilling Revives Classic Brand
The newest addition to the craft beverage scene in Buffalo, N.Y.’s Larkinville neighborhood is set to open its doors to the public for its first regular tastings and tours on Saturday, marking a huge moment years in the making. The new operation in the old Duchmann and Sons Carriage Manufacturing building revives the old Buffalo Distilling Company brand. (WIVB)
Coronado Brewing to Expand Into Distilling

Over the next 12 to 18 months, San Diego’s Coronado Brewing Co. will be building out its space to include a 10-barrel brewery and a 7,000-square-foot full-service restaurant with a spacious outdoor area that boasts panoramic views of downtown San Diego while leaving room for eventual expansion into the spirits word with a new distillery. (Eater San Diego)
Craft Spirits Surge in Florida
The booming trend in craft spirits has reached the Sunshine State. There are nearly two dozen small distillers operating in Florida, and their growth is spurred in part by consumer demand for local products. (Naples Illustrated)
House Spirits Expands National Team
House Spirits Distillery, now celebrating more than a decade as a leader of America’s craft distilling community, welcomes two industry-leading talents to its roster of dedicated brand educators: Erin Hayes, rum aficionado and former bar manager of the award-winning tropical bar Lost Lake in Chicago, IL, and Jordan Felix, whiskey expert and former Beverage Director at Multnomah Whiskey Library in Portland, Ore. (The Drinkable Globe)
N.C. 'Brunch Bill' Would Boost Craft Spirits in State

A bill has been getting a lot of talk in North Carolina for what it does for restaurants, allowing them to serve alcoholic beverages before noon on Sundays with county permission. But the bill does much more than that, doing helping to boost the distilling industry by rolling back regulations. (Fox 8)
Zoning Law Change Could Bring More Distilleries to Northern Virginia

More craft distilleries, breweries and wineries may soon be setting up shop in Fairfax County, Va. County leaders adopted new zoning rules that expand the areas where these craft producers may do business, allowing them in selected industrial, commercial and planned development districts. (FairfaxCounty.gov)
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