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Thanks to Steve Bashore of George Washington's Distillery, I had a chance to meet Laura Fields of the Fields Foundation and American Whiskey Convention. Her passionate devotion to recovering the lost history of Pennsylvania distilling is truly inspiring. Before Kentucky, there was Monongahela Rye and it didn't die out long before Prohibition, instead, it died at the same time Kentucky did. But after Prohibition, Kentucky took over the narrative for American whiskey and Pennsylvania all but forgot its history. In this episode, we aim to change that as we go back to the very origins of Pennsylvania's distilling history.
Steve, Renee & Jeremy interview Laura Fields about her role in reviving Pennsylvania whiskey. The Bourbon Show music (Whiskey on the Mississippi) is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Important Links: Steve Akley's New Book, Bourbon Assignments: https://amzn.to/2Y68Eoy ABV Network Shop: https://shop.abvnetwork.com/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3kAJZQz Our Club: https://www.abvnetwork.com/club Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theabvnetwork Check us out at: abvnetwork.com. Join the revolution by adding #ABVNetworkCrew to your profile on social media.
This episode features our interviews from the American Whiskey Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was recorded at the Independence Seaport Museum. Highlights From our Discussion: Copper Fox Distillery Eight Oaks Farm Distillery Catoctin Creek Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Gallows Hill Spirits Uncle Nearest Angel's Envy Middleton Mixology - Smoketop Toast The Trees Brown - Forman Jack Daniels Lehigh Valley Screampark Salem Witch Trials GWAR - Ragnarok Rye Robin Robinson Shenandoah National Park Sperryville, VA Williamsburg, VA
This episode features our interviews from the American Whiskey Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was recorded at the Independence Seaport Museum. Highlights From our Discussion: George Washington's Mount Vernon Distillery Stoll & Wolfe Delaware Valley Fields Foundation Dick Stoll Lititz, PA A.H.Hirsch Pernod Ricard USA Jefferson's Bourbon Smooth Ambler MGP Contradiction Heaven Hill Distillery Evan Williams Small Batch Larceny Small Batch Rittenhouse Rye Old Fitzgerald Old Limestone Mixing Water
Live broadcasting is sort of like walking a tightrope...most of the time, it works. Then, there are those times when one's walking the tightrope while juggling chainsaws, and that's what happened during our #HappyHourLive webcast Friday night at the American Whiskey Convention. While the live video stream was plagued with technical glitches, our audio backup made this episode possible! Thanks to all of our guests who joined us Friday night, as well as those of you who watched the live video stream.
Alan Bishop and Christi Atkinson interview Laura Fields of the American Whiskey Convention and Delaware Valley Fields Foundation
Steve and Paul sample Rosen Rye which will be featured at the 2020 American Whiskey Convention. T.B.D. music is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Important Links: ABV Network Shop: https://shop.abvnetwork.com/ Our Club: https://www.abvnetwork.com/club Challenge Coin Challenges: https://www.abvnetwork.com/coin Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theabvnetwork Check us out at: abvnetwork.com. Join the revolution by adding #ABVNetworkCrew to your profile on social media.
Steve interviews Laura Fields about her event the American Whiskey Convention. To get in the drawing for 2 tickets to the event, email McNew: mcnew at abvnetwork.com. T.B.D. music is by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Important Links: ABV Network Shop: https://shop.abvnetwork.com/ Our Club: https://www.abvnetwork.com/club Challenge Coin Challenges: https://www.abvnetwork.com/coin Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theabvnetwork Check us out at: abvnetwork.com. Join the revolution by adding #ABVNetworkCrew to your profile on social media.
In the episode we sit down with Laura Fields of the Delaware Valley Fields Foundation. Laura shares her passion for agriculture which began with her mother who founded Flint Hill Farm in Coopersburg, PA. We delve into the important role that the Penn State Agricultural Extension plays in the development of Rosen Rye. Laura talks about her mission with the Seed Spark campaign and how she is introducing all facets of agriculture and farming to the craft distilling industry. Stoll and Wolf Distillery in Lititz, PA plays an important role in the reintroduction of Rosen Rye to the Spirit community. We discuss the history of Prohibition and its impact on Pennsylvania distilleries like Michter's. We review the American Whiskey Convention and look forward to the 5th Annual in 2020, You can find them on Facebook @AmericanWhiskeyConvention. If you're in New Hope, PA for the Halloween Season be sure to make Specters and Spirits an annual tradition. Cheers!
This episode features highlights and observations from the American Whiskey Convention help in Philadelphia, PA at the Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. The evening was hosted by the Delaware Valley Fields Foundation. Learn more about Seed Spark and the Rosen Rye Project. There was definitely something for everyone to sample and enjoy with more then 250 whiskeys and spirits from over 50 American Distilleries. Fermented Adventure The Podcast made some new friends and got to see some old ones too. A highlight was getting to spend time speaking with Greg Metze and Laura Fields. It was an evening to remember and we are looking forward to next year. Cheers.
Lew Bryson and Martin Duffy take their whisky seriously...but not much else! When they joined us at the recent American Whiskey Convention in Philadelphia, the laughter was a perfect complement to serious whisky discussion about the sources of whisky flavor, the growth of craft distilling, and why our discussion was taking place just feet away from valuable Egyptian artifacts in the University of Pennsylvania Museum. OK, that last part wasn't so serious, but it did help Lew explain how he came to meet legendary whisky writer Michael Jackson for the first time at the Penn Museum. We'll also talk with Dick Stoll, the veteran Pennsylvania distiller who made one of the Holy Grails for whiskey lovers...the 16-year-old A.H. Hirsch Reserve Bourbon. In the news, this was a week that won't go down in history at The Macallan, while Craigellachie is bringing a 51-year-old single malt to New York City - and pour it for free! Four Roses has completed its $55 million expansion project in Kentucky, and Woodford Reserve's Chris Morris has to figure out how to get a special barrel down from one of the historic spires at Churchill Downs in time for the Kentucky Derby.
Lindores Abbey has a unique place in whisky history, thanks to Friar John Cor and the aqua vitae he distilled for the King in 1494. Gary Haggart has a direct link to the Friar as the first distillery manager at the Lindores Abbey Distillery, built right next to the ruins of the original abbey. He's even distilling modern-day aqua vitae instead of gin or vodka while the Lindores Abbey single malt matures. During the recent Wonderful World of Whisky show in Cornwall, Ontario, Haggart presented Lindores Abbey's young spirit to consumers for the first time, and we'll talk with him on WhiskyCast In-Depth. We also took our studio setup to Friday night's American Whiskey Convention in Philadelphia to talk with whisky lovers just like you as well as some of the distillers on hand that night. There's a lot to unpack in this episode, so make sure your battery's charged!
Every distillery opens as a dream, with the backers hoping to become the next Heaven Hill, Wild Turkey, or one of countless other mainstays of the whisky business. During Friday night's American Whiskey Convention in Philadelphia, many startup distilleries showed off their whiskies next to those mainstays. A couple of miles away, James Yoakum was pouring drinks in his tasting room at Cooper River Distillers, days after making the decision to close the distillery after one last Kentucky Derby party May 5th. He'll share some of the lessons he learned over the last four years, and we'll meet some of the distillers still full of optimism - yet tempered with reality - on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, four Kentucky distilleries celebrated milestones this week, while Wild Turkey's partnership with actor Matthew McConaughey has led to a new Bourbon and Diageo has given us a preview of this year's Special Releases single malts...with no Port Ellens or Broras in the mix.
This week's American Whiskey Convention at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park featured an air of generational change. At one end, legendary master distiller Jimmy Russell of Wild Turkey with 63 years of distilling experience - and at the other end, a crop of young distillers hoping to follow in his footsteps while creating their own unique whiskies. We'll talk with both generations on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, we'll have the latest on the ongoing Nant Distillery saga in Australia, along with the launch of two more luxury whiskies from Tamdhu and Glenmorangie and the details on a new whiskey that honors a candidate who came in second. We'll also update distillery projects in Scotland, Ireland, and the U.S. while and helping a listener with the answer to his question about whether Canadian Whisky is kosher or not on this week's Your Voice.