Single Malt Frontier

Today we'll be interviewing Amanda Beckwith, Lead Blender for Virginia Distillery Co. We'll talk about constructing the flavor profiles and blending a portfolio of releases from at least 3 major cask types at one of the country's most influential American Single Malt Whiskey distilleries. We'll also talk a bit about American Single Malt Whiskey education, and VA Distillery Co's free 1-hour ASMW on...

Today we speak with Alex Alejandro Myers of Big Gin. We speak about general gin production techniques, the major styles of Gin including London Dry which is made at Big Gin, Big Gin's specific blend of botanicals that make it stand out in a cocktail, crafting a "Gin Concentrate" that is consistent batch to batch, and unique barrel finished gins, as well as blending a standard Peat Barreled gin ble...

Killowen is a relatively new Irish craft distillery, with a philosophy of making spirits inspired by traditional recipes and techniques, with a bit of a modern twist. Killowen uses direct-fired stills and worm-tub condensers. Their portfolio includes poitin, rum, and whiskey from traditional pot still recipes, although some of those recipes don't qualify under the current standard of Irish Pot Sti...

Today we'll be speaking with Seth O'Malley, the Founding Distiller of Wilderton Non-Alcoholic Spirits. https://wildertonfree.com/pages/the-story Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5015366613991424

For many, it's Dry January. And for the Whiskey Lodge specifically, it's Dry Week. We had planned to have a maker of non-alcoholic spirits join us today for an interview but had to reschedule due to a conflict. It'll be just us today, chatting about building good drinks that scratch that itch for tasting interesting flavor profiles when we're not drinking!

This week on DemiTastes we'll be speaking with Murphy Quint of Cedar Ridge Distillery, Iowa, about their QuintEssential (yes, named for the Quint family) American Single Malt Whiskey line, as well as touching a bit on the rest of their portfolio. We'll find out what makes this distillery unique among other distilleries in the Midwest and what makes Cedar Ridge's American Single Malt Whiskey so spe...

Today we'll be talking about Boon Boona Coffee and the art and science of coffee, from selection, to roasting and brewing, with Boon Boona Coffee's founder, Efrem Fesaha, and Coffee Director, Ali Güldüren. We'll also lead these gentlemen through a tasting of 3 distinct and readily available American Single Malt Whiskeys. Long time watchers of DemiTastes will know I'm a huge fan of Boon Boona. This...

We had a special guest this week: Jason Parker, Founder of Copperworks Distilling. This interview originally aired live on Thursday, December 7th, at 5pm PST. This video is a lightly edited Part 2 of the interview. Sorry for the rough cuts; Twitch doesn't have the best precision in editing. I'll maybe reupload this video later with a bit more precision when I prepare the audio version of this podc...

We had a special guest this week: Jason Parker, Founder of Copperworks Distilling. This interview originally aired live on Thursday, December 7th, at 5pm PST. This video is a lightly edited Part 2 of the interview. Sorry for the rough cuts; Twitch doesn't have the best precision in editing. I'll maybe reupload this video later with a bit more precision when I prepare the audio version of this podc...

I first encountered David Thomas Tao on Twitter and followed him for his whiskey content, and found out later that he was the founder of BarBend, a weightlifting sports media platform, with a podcast by the same name featuring weightlifting athletes. I've enjoyed interacting with David on Twitter and Instagram and he graciously agreed to do a live interview ranging through various topics of intere...

Today our guest is Head Distiller of Clear Creek Distillary, Brandy maker Caitlin Bartlemay, here to talk with us whiskey nerds about... vodka?! It was a lot of fun, we hope you enjoy! -- Join us on The Whiskey Lodge Discord: https://discord.gg/KQGkBmtzPT Broadcasted live on Twitch - Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/demitastes -- As of this video, we are not sponsored, period. (Though we're ope...

Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/demitastes This week we welcomed special guest Joseph O'Sullivan, Master Distiller of All Brands for Hood River Distillers, including Clear Creek and McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt Whiskey. We talk about the most recent release from Clear Creek, McCarthy's 6-year Oloroso-finished (released 5/31/23), and get into details on Garryana O...