Ashley Barnes Leaves Four Roses Distillery and Partners with Monica Wolf
at The Spirits Group
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Spitting truth from the bottom of the barrel

Ashley Barnes Leaves Four Roses Distillery and Partners with Monica Wolf
at The Spirits Group
Read More "Four Roses Distillery’s Loss Is A Gain To Craft Distilling"

Gin. As a supplier and now a distributor, walking into a retail liquor store with a new brand of gin almost always guarantees an exaggerated eye roll as the particulars of the product are described. Gin. "They're just making this until their whiskey ages." Gin. And juice. Once looked down upon by retailers as only…

Tennessee craft whiskey is going through a strong growth cycle, with a surge in new distilleries since 2010. Tennessee craft whiskey is beginning to pop up all over the state, from the Mississippi River to the Great Smoky Mountains. Several hundred distilleries dotted Tennessee’s landscape before Prohibition, with more than 60 in Davidson County (Nashville)…
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Chattanooga Whiskey opens the Tennessee Stillhouse this week with a grand opening celebration Tuesday. Founder Tim Piersant recently walked me through the new facility, reflecting on how far they've come and where they're heading. Read all about it here: Whiskey is brewing in Chattanooga after 100 year dry spell - Nashville whiskey | Examiner.com.
Although there is no substitution for time and Mother Nature, craft distillers are coming up with ways to cheat the clock with smaller barrels. With whiskey, (barrel) size matters | Vita.mn.
After a much sensationalized departure from Balcones, which Chip Tate founded, Tate Distillery is rising from the ashes and giving whiskey lovers something positive to talk about. This Texas whiskey maker is buying Heavy Seas' brewhouse to start a new distillery - Baltimore Business Journal.
Bourbon historian Michael Veach to lead discussion on craft distilling and bourbon tourism at the next Bourbon Salon! Upcoming Events | Bourbon Salon at Oxmoor Farm: Craft Distilling and Tourism in Louisville | The Filson Historical Society.

This is the picture of a craft distillery. The barn-like exterior isn't meant to fool you into thinking that Tenn South is a small distillery. Tenn South is a small distillery. Tiny, even. About an hour's drive south of Nashville, one arrives at Tenn South purposefully; it's not on the way to anywhere. Less than…
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Matt Cunningham stands in front of a packed room at the Hilton Garden Inn in Clarksville, TN, clad in a checkered shirt tucked in to khaki chinos. Matt certainly doesn't fit the image that "reality" TV has led us to picture as the Tennessee backwoods distiller; he's young, articulate, has a college degree and all of…