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* More than a dozen workshops
* 60 break-out sessions
* 175 vendors
* Women in Distilling Networking with LOAD
* Gin Summit
* TOAST
...and the heart of the distilling community!
Join us in Portland for these highlights and much more
at the ADI Conference.
(Full schedule online)
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Winter issue of Distiller magazine on newsstands
Distiller is available at 400 retail locations including Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and various newsstands. Contact us for copies for your tasting room or gift shop.
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Boston Harbor and Maine Craft Distilling included in Huffington Post whiskey list
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Tasting Australia launches national spirit awards
This year's Tasting Australia will introduce a national spirit awards event to recognise the success of the burgeoning distilling industry and offer South Australians a chance to taste top products from around the country.
Read more.
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New Releases,
Events & Milestones
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Anchor Distilling Company is now Hotaling & Co.
San Francisco, January 31, 2018 - Last August, Sapporo Holdings Limited acquired Anchor Brewing Company, and although Anchor Distilling was not part of the sale, the company relinquished the rights to the "Anchor" trademark. Today, Anchor Distilling Company announces its next evolution...
Read more.
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de Vine Spirits on TSN Hand-crafted Spirits radio show
On Jan 6, de Vine Spirits' Ken Winchester was interviewed on TSN Hand-crafted Spirits radio show about their history, process and locally [British Columbia] sourced products like Honey Shine, Vin Gin, and Ancient Grains whiskey.
Listen.
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Ken's interview occurs about half-way through the program.]
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Alt Whisky at deVine Spirits, Victoria, British Columbia
Call it the School of Hard Liquor... This one-day seminar will focus on alternative grains and techniques for modern, New World Whiskies. This is an intense, fun, and hand's-on introduction to the Craft of Whisky. Students will cover the science of distilling, but just as important, how to operate the still, fix a pump, or mill half a ton of organic spelt, emmer or einkorn.
More info.
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Eden Mill to launch Love Gin for
Valentine's Day
Scottish distiller Eden Mill has created a limited-edition gin for Valentine's Day, called Love Gin.
Read more.
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New Riff Distilling brings you O.K.I. 12 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Exercising tremendous patience, we have carefully tended to the dwindling stocks of this splendid old Bourbon and readied it for your cabinet, bunker,
and glass.
Read more
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Pine Bluffs Distilling releases first spirit,
Rock Ranch Vodka
The release of "Rock Ranch Vodka," made entirely with local [Wyoming] grains, caps months of growing, harvesting and hard work by Pine Bluffs Distilling, owned and operated by Chad and Kathy Brown and Gene Purdy.
Read more
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Saint Lawrence Spirits fills their 300th Barrel
Over the last 16 months, Saint Lawrence Spirits Distillers, Bill Garrett & Ben VanTassel, have filled 300 Barrels and they have met some very interesting characters along the way!.
Read more
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Virginia Distillery Company to introduce new Beer Finished
Whisky Series
Virginia Distillery Company's first batch of its Brewers Batch Virginia-Highland Whisky was done in collaboration with Three Notch'd Brewing Company, a Central Virginia brewery.
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New DSP Permits issued
Missing from list of new DSP permits issued in December 2017:
Abiqua Spirit Distillery, a father/son team in Silverton, Oregon. Permit issued by the TTB 12/13/2017
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New Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform guidance now available
TTB recently posted additional guidance on our Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform page at TTB.gov. Read more.
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Government Shut Down Plan
In the event of another U.S. Government shut down, the TTB has the following contact info. posted online.
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Contract distilling available
R6 Distillery
can assist with your recipe development,
mashing, fermentation, distillation,
barreling,
and
bottling needs. Full service consultation also available.
for more info.
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ADI map of distilleries
on Distilling.com
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2018 ADI vendor advertising/exhibit info.
Contact
Matt Jelen for advertising, exhibit and Vendor Expo registration info.
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ADI's Certification Program now has
2,812 spirits listed!
Apply today
and join the 578 micro-distilleries who are truly
craft.
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A Brooklyn distiller and his two-headed monster
are turning craft beer into whiskey
by Meredith Heil, Vinepair
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Kyrejko's process allows liquid to boil at a much lower temperature.
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Dave Kyrejko loves beer. He also loves whiskey and science. And that's where the monster comes in.
"Yep, it's the two-headed monster," Kyrejko tells me. "That's the official name." We're standing inside Interboro Spirits and Ales, an airy warehouse-turned-craft-brewery in an industrial stretch of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Arcane Distilling, Kyrejko's micro-distilling venture, has been operating out of the space since June 2017, and at the heart of it is the monster: a towering, two-tiered vacuum still made up of bubbling glass orbs, coils, tubes, and metal odds and ends. It's basically the coolest chemistry set you've ever seen. Why? Because it turns delicious craft beer into equally delicious craft whiskey.
Read more.
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Bourbon tourism comes to Northern Kentucky
with launch of The B-Line
The Lane Report
Craft distillers, bars, restaurants now part of new bourbon experience.
COVINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 6, 2018) - Bourbon tourism has come to Northern Kentucky with the launch of The B-Line, an inviting collection of craft distilleries, bars and restaurants that promise visitors their own unique bourbon experience.
The B-Line complements Northern Kentucky's recent designation as an official gateway to the popular and world famous Kentucky Bourbon Trail while providing a boost to the region's booming tourism industry.
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Here's why it's hard for Texans to get
alcohol shipped directly to them
by Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune
Texas liquor laws are infamously complex, and the reason dates back to the end of Prohibition. That was when states began creating their own regulatory structures to administer the production and sale of alcohol - and when Texas, in an effort to stop manufacturers from cozying up to retailers, opted for a system that separates the process into three tiers..
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Texas law - specifically, the Alcoholic Beverage Code - only allows businesses with an appropriate permit to sell alcohol to consumers. So if you want to buy booze, you need to get it from a retailer (e.g., a grocery store, convenience store, bar or restaurant).
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission oversees all three tiers - and issues separate permits and licenses for each. This is where the confusion starts. Read more.
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Mississippi closer to new alcohol laws
by William Folkes, WCBI News
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippians are getting closer to being able to buy alcohol at distilleries and carry alcohol through dry counties without fear of arrest.
House members on Wednesday approved the measures, sending them to the Senate for more debate.
House Bill 192 says people could carry alcohol, wine and beer through dry areas on a state or federal highway if containers are unopened.
Right now, people can be charged for possessing alcohol in a dry county. Such charges can be aimed at bootleggers.
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Distilling Craft podcast: Over a Barrel
by Devin Mills
The chemical reactions inside the barrel are reviewed as a quick break from the fermentation series including what flavors the different woods and proofs will impart on the spirit. John Jeffery from
Bently Heritage in Minden, NV is interviewed to talk about their process and the aging plans.
Listen (on iTunes)
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Growing demand for gin made in a spare bedroom
by Hilarie Stelfox, Huddersfield Examiner [UK]
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'I've turned my daughter's old bedroom into a distillery' says Jacqueline Duigan, founder of JacqSon Yorkshire Dry Gin.
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There's been a 'gin-aissance' among drinkers in the UK over the past few years. The spirit, once known as 'mother's ruin' has become the trendiest and fastest-growing tipple on the market. According to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, in 2017 we bought more than 47m bottles of gin - and that was seven million more than the year before.
Craft distilleries are springing up just about everywhere. Even in spare bedrooms in Huddersfield. Part-time music teacher Dr Jacqueline Dumigan, for example, is enjoying an unexpected but satisfying new career as a distiller, operating out of her daughter Natasha's former bedroom in her Netherton home.
Read more.
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Kentucky's Twang and Round partner with Kentucky Mist Moonshine to launch fruit infused Moonshine & release new video for "Lovin' Liquor"
by James Wright
NASHVILLE, TENN. JANUARY 30, 2018
Kentucky based country/AmeriFlow duo Twang and Round have partnered with Kentucky Mist Moonshine for the launch of their new video "Lovin' Liquor." The video and song feature Jon Conner (I4NI) and can be seen online. The video takes place inside the Kentucky Mist Moonshine distillery and is directed by Jon Conner and Dammitboy Entertainment. The video shows the process of creating flavored spirits using whole fruit which renders the most genuine taste. Hard working Americans labor daily to make this procedure happen. The video depicts the art of making moonshine, which is enjoying a resurgence in recent years. Moonshine roots are part of American culture dating back to the prohibition era.
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Member video spotlight: Do Good Distillery
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Bill's Corner
Miscellany from
ADI Founder/President, Bill Owens
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Bill Owens' photography at MOCA in LA
Bill Owens has a group of his photography on exhibit at MOCA [The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles] Pacific Design Center as part of a Welcome to the Dollhouse exhibit...through April 8th www.moca.org.
Welcome to the Dollhouse presents a selection of works from MOCA's permanent collection that address, document, or deconstruct notions of domesticity.
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