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New Releases,
Events & Milestones
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New Webinar by ADI:
Hiding in Plain Sight
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Shawn Patterson, CEO @Good Libations
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Aug 15, 2018 11:00 AM (Pacific Time)
Water, the primary ingredient in all distilled spirits, may be the least appreciated and undervalued of all ingredients. It has been observed that using a variety of waters to proof the same distilled spirit can change in the chemical composition of the aldehydes and ketones...
More info.
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Summer 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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ADI Hands-on Workshop:
Blending, Maturation, & Warehousing Workshop
Friday, December 7 - Sunday Dec. 9, 2018
Ironroot Republic Distilling - Denison, TX
Instructor: Nancy Fraley, Nosing Services
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Early bird price ends on Labor Day
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Craft Distilling Expo 2018
The 2018 Craft Distilling Expo will take place in London at The Boiler House Brick Lane on the September 26 + 27, 2018
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Copperworks releases IPA Cask Finished Gin
Newly released, limited edition Copperworks IPA Cask Finished Gin came from an innovative collaboration between Copperworks Distilling and Seattle-based Elliott Bay Brewing Company.
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Canned cocktails from Cardinal Spirits
Cardinal Spirits, the craft distillery in Bloomington, Indiana, announces the launch of Cardinal Spirits Mule Cans in Bramble Mule and Maui Mule varieties.
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Sons of Liberty's Loyal Lemonade - Summer in a can
Rhode Island's Sons of Liberty ignites start of Summer with Canned Craft Cocktail...
Loyal Lemonade is made with Sons of Liberty's Loyal 9 Vodka and it showcases a few differences between other products in its category.
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Lonerider Brewing Co. expands into distilled spirits with launch of Lonerider Spirits
RALEIGH, N.C. - Lonerider Brewing Company, an award-winning company brewing ales for outlaws, announced today the launch of sister craft distillery Lonerider Spirits. Lonerider Spirits' first distilled spirit, a bourbon whiskey finished in sherry casks, will be released this fall in North Carolina...
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New Country Malt Group website
We're excited to launch our new and revised look; if you haven't taken a look around the site yet, visit it and let us know what you think!
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WSWA names new president and CEO
US trade body the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) has appointed Michelle L Korsmo as its new president and chief executive officer. Korsmo will succeed former CEO Craig Wolf, who left the company at the end of June following an 18-year career with the association.
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ADI's Eric Zandona selected for IWSC Spirit Communicator of the Year 2018 shortlist
Four stars of the spirits industry have been chosen to go forward to the shortlist of the IWSC's prestigious Spirit Communicator of the Year award. Read more.
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Absinthe Organic Supérieure Blanche Wins Three Medals
The first woman owned and Certified Organic Absinthe out of California is awarded two Gold Medals and one Silver Medal. Absinthia's unique recipe is based on several Swiss recipes she discovered in a vintage absinthe recipe collection. Read more.
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Distillery 291's Michael Myers and the road to the World's Best Rye whiskey
Colorado Springs'
Distillery 291 brought home one of the biggest awards in whiskey this spring: Their Single Barrel Colorado Rye Whiskey was named World's Best Rye by Whisky Magazine, as part of their 2018 World Whiskies Awards.
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Plus:
Gold Medal Win for Distillery 291 from
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Permits Online Unavailable
July 26 - 30, 2018
Permits Online will be shut down July 26 through July 30 so that we can implement major improvements to the system.The New Permits Online will be available on July 31, 2018.
More info.
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ADI map of distilleries
on Distilling.com
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Latest Edition of Nano Distilling book now on Amazon
The Nano Distillery: The Future of Distilling
Compiled by Bill Owens, Edited by Brad Plummer and Andrew Faulkner.
The Nano Distillery is a compilation of how-to chapters and real-life experiences of distillers who successfully produce quality spirits on a small scale.
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ADI's Certification Program now has
3,522 spirits listed!
Apply today
and join the 742 micro-distilleries who are truly
craft.
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Worldwide Whiskey Associations Joining Together for 1st Ever 'W8 - Spirit of Collaboration Summit'
By Distillery Trail
In a world where talk of tariffs and international trade wars make the front page news almost daily, the world's whiskey makers are getting together to try to do something about it. There's no collusion here, just a gathering of like minded whiskey makers that want to make sure their friendly spirits can continue to flow and grow around the world.
The world's eight leading whiskey associations will gather at the Frazier History Museum along Louisville, Kentucky's 'Whiskey Row' on July 25 and 26, 2018 in a historic summit to discuss trade issues that threaten the growth of this iconic, international industry.
The gathering that has been dubbed the 'W8 - Spirit of Collaboration Summit' is being hosted and coordinated by the Kentucky Distillers' Association,...
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Giving liquor a bad name
By Dominic Roskrow
A while ago I was walking through Glasgow Airport when I saw a bottle of single malt on offer.
It had a neck tag saying it had won a top award, so I bought it. But when I tasted it, it was a total disappointment - so much so that I rang a writing colleague who had been heavily involved with the judging of the award.
"Yes I know," he said. "The whisky in that bottle isn't the same as the whisky we tasted."
This is not an isolated incident. In another year I helped choose a world-beating whisky and was quoted when the award was announced.
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Pennsylvania Distillers Guild announces
Health Insurance offering
First Spirits Group in the Nation to Offer Valuable Benefit
Philadelphia, PA: The Pennsylvania Distillers Guild announced that it would begin offering an affordable healthcare insurance plan to its membership, becoming the first organization of its kind in the United States to offer this valuable benefit for its members and their employees and families. The multi-tiered healthcare plan is scheduled to go live September 1st, 2018. "As an organization we strive to provide value to our members," said Robert Cassell, President of the Pennsylvania Distillers Guild. "The ability to provide healthcare to employees of small businesses is imperative for long term key employee retention." Read more.
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Crab Island Rum Vieques: The Entrepreneurial Spirit of Ivan Torres Ortiz
By José Carrasquillo and Kelly Thompson,
Vieques Insider
When one meets Ivan Torres Ortiz, one can't avoid being drawn into his world and feeling the intensity and passion fueling his dream. His passion is making artisan rum, a passion soon to be on display at his craft rum distillery here on Vieques. He talks about his upcoming venture with a contained, refined intensity, like the product that he will bottle and sell - changing the future of the island one sip at a time. Read more
Update from Puerto Rico: Help your fellow distiller rebuild his dream after the hurricanes hit Puerto Rico.
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Local spirits rise from the ashes
By Ian Anderson, San Diego Reader
Nine months after a fire, San Diego Distillery returns bigger and better
Back in September 2017, San Diego Distillery was poised to grow out of its small warehouse space in Spring Valley, CA. The craft spirit maker's "beer whiskey" approach - distilling craft beer into barrel-aged grain liquors - had quickly captured local imagination, and was beginning to garner interest throughout the state...
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7 Indianapolis distilleries, tasting rooms to try
By Amy Haneline and Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star
An Indiana Distillers Guild survey revealed last year that the state was about to see a small surge of distillery tasting rooms, thanks to a law change loosening restrictions to enter craft distilling. That seems to be happening, with the exception of Broken Beaker Distillery that closed in January.
Here are seven new distilleries or distillery tasting rooms in the Indianapolis area... Read more
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Grain-to-glass experience opens up at Fond du Lac's Ledgerock Distillery
By Sarah Razner,
Fond du Lac Reporter
FOND DU LAC, WI - In the peaceful countryside of "the ledge," lights glow from cupolas atop a barn - blue if vodka is being distilled, green if gin. Follow the light, and you'll arrive at the newly-opened Ledgerock Distillery, which welcomes you in to try a sample.
The idea for Ledgerock Distillery came about five years ago as Jay Retzer and his family learned of the craft distilling movement. Started in 2008, the movement's products are fueled by grain, which the Retzers had plenty of - hundreds of acres, in fact. As farmers, their fields are filled with corn, soybeans and wheat, but because of the farm's size, there wasn't enough to provide for family needs, leading Retzer and his wife, Heidi, to work full-time as well as run the farm. Read more
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St. Paul's new Studio Distilling launches first craft spirit with party
By Nancy Ngo, Pioneer Press
Studio Distilling, a St. Paul [Minnesota] micro-distillery that began production last September, is set to to hold a release party of its first craft spirit, a rye malt whiskey.
The event will take place from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the distillery, 2380 Wycliff St. in St. Paul's St. Anthony Park neighborhood. Managing partners Brad Rolfs, who is also the founder and head distiller of Studio Distilling, and Shelly Dailey plan to take it one step at a time. They're starting out with an off-sale license. Read more
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German publisher Alba Collection Verlag releases updated maps of Scotland and Ireland
On all publications, the month and year of opening are noted for the distilleries newly opened after 2014. The development of the distillery landscape in Ireland over the last five years has been particularly impressive. To document this we have compared the map of 2013 with the map of 2018 in the booklet Irish Distilleries. The current edition of the new booklet is part of the premium version of the Irish Distilleries Map (420 x 600 mm [17 x 24 inch] size).
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More Maps: Australia's Gin Map
by Gin Foundry
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