In this week's news
(February 22, 2017)
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New members of Kentucky Bourbon's Craft Tour; Inside Philadelphia Distilling's stunning new space; Michigan Craft Distillers Assoc. names 2017 Board of Directors; Ottawa distillers tap into craft spirits market..and more!
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| From day one, Vikre Distillery has been what's known as a triple bottom line company, meaning [they] consider people, planet, and profit equally in [their] decision-making. So, with the hope of getting more people interested, engaged, and inspired, as well as holding [themselves] accountable, they've added a triple bottom line page to [their] website: Read more. |
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Hands-on Distilling Workshops at the
2017 ADI Conference
& Vendor Expo
April 3-6, 2017
Baltimore, MD
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Gin Summit
April 1-2
Washington, D.C.
Join ADI at the Gin Summit prior to the Annual Conference and Expo
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Register.
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Webinar TODAY: A World
of Export Opportunities
A panel of experts will talk through case studies in the concrete industry with lessons that can help all small and medium-size businesses, best practices for increasing exports, and an overview of export-related products and services available from the EXIM Bank. Free webinar, Wed, Feb 22, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST,
More info.
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District Distilling Co. RUM FEST Feb 23, 5 - 8 PM
Join six craft distilleries to sample and drink the finest RUM around. Live Reggae Music! The admission to the event is FREE!
More info.
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DC Distillers Festival
Saturday, February 25
DC Distillers Festival kicks off
Saturday, February 25, 2017. Over 20 specially curated Craft Distillers serve patrons tastings over a three session speakeasy experience.
More info.
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Long Table celebrates
4 yrs of distilling in BC
Thursday, Feb. 23, 5:30-8:00pm.
We will be joined by Fanny Bay Oyster Co. for oysters on the half shell, nibbles, and a host of door prizes and good fun and surprises.
More info.
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CO's Montanya Rum wins New-To-Export Award
Congratulations to Montanya Rum in Crested Butte, Colorado for winning the New-To-Export Award. Montanya Rum in true entrepreneurial spirit has been innovative in finding a way to get their product marketed in Europe.
More info.
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Apple Brandy from Gardiner Liquid Mercantile
After selling out the first batch before Christmas, Gardiner Liquid Mercantile has released a new batch of its Apple Brandy. Its wild fermentation with local apples.
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Elixir distillery announces their newest liqueur:
"Fernet dei Fratelli Loreto"
Founded by Italian brothers Andrea and Mario Loreto, Elixir (Eugene, OR) is dedicated to revivifying classic spirits in the Italian tradition. Fernet is a style of bitter liqueur created in Italy in the mid-1800s.
More info.
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Invitation for 2017
Bottling Volunteers
Let's get ready to bottle some bourbon!
Garrison Brothers Distillery announces its 2017 bottling schedule.
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Coming Soon:
Heretic Spirits
Nice example of "coming soon" placeholder on
Heretic Spirits
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At the
ADI Craft Spirits Conference & Vendor Expo which will take place in Baltimore, MD April 3-6, vendors will exhibit products and services for all aspects of the distilling field. Above, one of the tanks to be featured.
Info.
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Hard Ice® is looking for
distillery partners to manufacture/ distribute.
Participation includes: formulation; startup consulting; marketing; training; national media management; Brand equity; regionally exclusive 'bolt on' revenue stream.
info@hardice.com
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The Winter Sun
Story by Aaron Swaney,
Everett, WA Herald
2 ounces Blood Orange Vodka
¾ ounce Cocchi Americano
½ ounce simple syrup
1 teaspoon Allspice Tincture
½ ounce lemon
Muddle lemon and blood orange and add all ingredients over ice. Shake and strain. Garnish with blood orange.
Snohomish County distillers share favorite cocktail recipes
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ADI's Certification Program now has
2,207 spirits listed!
Apply today
and join the 443 micro-distilleries who are truly
craft.
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New [BC] distillery taking shape
by Colin Dacre, Castanet
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| Tumbleweed Spirits in Osoyoos is the latest to join a rapidly growing craft distilling industry in the Okanagan. |
A new distillery is getting ready to open up in the South Okanagan this spring. Tumbleweed Spirits in Osoyoos is the latest to join a rapidly growing craft distilling industry in the Okanagan.
Originally from the Lower Mainland, with a home in Osoyoos, founder Mike Green said he and his winemaker wife were looking for a vineyard to purchase, but quickly realized it just wouldn't be financially feasible. "The market is pretty saturated with wineries and craft brewing," Green said "Distilling is sort of a new and exciting industry."
Tumbleweed Spirits will join Legend Distilling in Naramata, Old Order and Maple Leaf Spirits in Penticton and Dubh Glas in Oliver, making the South Okanagan an exciting region for an already strong industry in British Columbia.
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The Amazing vibe at Durban's
[South Africa]
first craft distillery
by Susan Colby,
Huffington Post
The old brick foundry building sits just above the railway tracks in the industrial part of Durban. Factory buildings line busy Umgeni Road and the ubiquitous taxis zip around, horns honking as people duck through the heavy traffic. Cars are parked wherever they can find a spot. Informal traders dot the pavement, selling anything from t-shirts to big, juicy mangos and bunches of fresh litchis.
The area literally vibrates with energy. And this is what distiller Andrew Rall of Distillery 031 is tapping into and enhancing at KwaZulu Natal's first craft distillery.
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Michigan Craft Distillers Association
names
2017 Board of Directors
The Michigan Craft Distillers Association (MCDA) has named its 2017 Board of Directors:
President: Jon O'Connor - Long Road Distillers
Vice President: Kent Rabish - Grand Traverse Distillery
Secretary: Rick Wyble - American Fifth Spirits
Treasurer: Dr. Kris Berglund - Red Cedar Spirits and Michigan State University Distinguished Professor of Food Science and Chemical Engineering
Director: Don Coe - Former owner of Black Star Farms and former Michigan Department of Agriculture Commissioner.
Rabish, Berglund and Coe are incumbent founding board members; O'Connor and Wyble were just elected to their first two-year terms. Read more.
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Ottawa distillers tap into craft spirits market
by David Sali, Ottawa Business Journal
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Carleton student Cole Miller with his own whisky. |
Cole Miller might be majoring in cognitive science at Carleton University, but the 21-year-old entrepreneur has really been a student of business for most of his life.
Like many kids, his first jobs included mundane tasks like mowing lawns and shovelling snow. But even as a youngster growing up in Napanee,
Mr. Miller had a knack for devising more creative ways of making money. Now just a few months away from graduating, Mr. Miller spends 80 hours a week on a fledgling business in an industry that has exploded south of the border and is gaining traction in Canada: craft distilling. Read more.
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Inside Philadelphia Distilling's stunning new space
by Danya Henninger, Billy Penn
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| The bar at Philadelphia Distilling is right in front of the distillery itself . |
What are you doing on February 17, 2042? If you happen to have the date available, mark it down for the 25th anniversary celebration of Philadelphia Distilling's new Fishtown location. If you have a moment before that, the gorgeous new distillery and cocktail lounge next to the Fillmore is worth a visit.
After launch on Monday, Feb. 20, the sleek marble bar will be open to the public four days a week, Thursday through Sunday. People who visit before or after a show or for one of the day's scheduled distillery tours can order cocktails made with house spirits and local ingredients by a staff of enthusiastic bartenders - all of whom seem extremely pumped to be slinging drinks in a place where they can actually help craft the ingredients. Read more.
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Boone County Distilling in Independence among new members of Kentucky Bourbon's Craft Tour
The iconic Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour® is expanding with two new members in Lexington and Northern Kentucky, giving fans the opportunity to experience 13 distilleries on the tour that showcases the state's burgeoning micro distilleries.
Bluegrass Distillers in Lexington and Boone County Distilling Company in Independence join the fast-growing and impressive tour of Kentucky's finest craft distillers, established by the Kentucky Distillers' Association in 2012.
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Indiegogo distillery campaign - Help bring a distillery to Thornton IL
NG Distillery is a small-batch distillery and cocktail bar in Thornton, IL launching Winter 2017. The NG Distillery will be a craft Rum distillery inspired by my Caribbean heritage and coupled with American ingenuity and modern production techniques. The goal is to create well-crafted, premium, small-batch spirits that can be enjoyed in a relaxing venue. Through your support, I will be able to open a new minority-owned and operated craft distillery; one of the few in the arena of spirits production here in the United States.
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