by Mike Rosen | Jul 10, 2022 | Bourbon, Featured Craft Distilleries
On yet another stop to visit Hudson Valley distilleries this summer is Hillrock Estate Distillery located in rural Ancram, NY. Hillrock Estate was founded in 2010 by husband and wife team Jeffery Baker and Cathy Franklin. Hillrock is a “field-to-glass” whiskey...
by Mike Rosen | Jul 8, 2022 | Bourbon
Situated in the old town district in Baraboo Wisconsin, the Driftless Glen Distillery was founded and constructed in 2012 by Brian and Renee Bemis. Two short years later Driftless Glenn was distilling their own spirits. The name of the distillery pays tribute to the...
by Mike Rosen | Jun 19, 2022 | Rye
WhistlePig was founded in 2007 by Raj Peter Bhakta when he purchased a dilapidated dairy farm in Shoreham Vermont, and made plans to turn it into a farm to bottle distillery to produce rye whiskey. To accomplish this Bhakta convinced longtime Maker’s Mark master...
by Mike Rosen | Jun 14, 2022 | Bourbon
Lucky Seven was founded by Michael Lahalih and John Pals who stayed best friends since their college days. Both shared a common interest in bourbon and cinema naming their new project after the infamous Stage 7 in Hollywood, CA where many great movies were filmed....
by Mike Rosen | Jun 14, 2022 | Bourbon
Old Elk is a Fort Collins Colorado based distillery founded by Curt Richardson whose claim to fame is creating those very sturdy OtterBox cell phone cases in the 90’s. Long story short, in 2013 Curt created Old Elk and hired Greg Metze, who was a long time master...
