Podcast appearances and mentions of lance winters

The First Craft Distillery  St. George Spirits launched the craft distilling movement in the US. No, that's not an overstatement. Starting with brandies and eau-de-vies, adding whiskey in 1997 and various liqueurs, gins, and other spirits along the way, St. George has steadfastly led the way while remaining true to its roots and creating ever-more-interesting things to drink.  I'm joined by Master Distiller Lance Winters and Head Distiller Dave Smith, both long-haulers at St. George (Lance from 1997 and Dave from 2005) who have introduced the world to St. George Spirits' Baller American Single Malt, NOLA Coffee Liqueur, and Bruto Americano, among many many others. The Bruto, by the way, has become my go-to aperitif, replacing Campari and Aperol with a more intense flavor and body.  More than anything, this interview delves into the ethos and process of St. George, how this continuously innovative distillery both keeps up with the times and leads by example. They may not be the biggest, but there's no doubt they are one of the most important. Lance and Dave are determined - and I use that word with emphasis - to make what they like, bring the drinker to them, and expand the definition of what American distilleries can do. Thanks everyone for listening, and thank you to Lance and Dave for entering the Whiskey Ring!   Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor, BAXUS Baxus is the world's leading collectible spirits marketplace, with user-friendly options for buyers, sellers, and collectors looking to vault their collections. Use my link below to visit the BAXUS.CO website and sign up!  BAXUS Website BAXUS on Instagram BAXUS on Facebook BAXUS on Twitter/X BAXUS on LinkedIn Thanks to our Lead Sponsor, Black Button Distillery  Black Button Distilling Website Black Button Distilling on Facebook Black Button Distilling on Instagram _________________________________________________________ If you haven't joined the Patreon community yet, please consider doing so at patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingring There are 2 more spots available at the $25/month bottle share club level.  If you haven't yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, and subscribe to the newsletter on the website.  Lost Lantern Whiskey Lost Lantern Whiskey Website Lost Lantern Whiskey on Instagram Lost Lantern Whiskey on Facebook

This week we welcome Lance Winters to the show! The Master Distiller at St. George Spirits, Lance is a recent inductee into the Whiskey Hall of Fame and one hell of a whiskey maker. He and Jesse sit down and go through how he went from being a nuclear engineer to spirits maker and the struggles he faced early in his career when introducing his vision for American Single Malt to an industry that hasn't always been so accepting of spiritual change. They also talk art, books and the philosophy of being true to your craft. It's a great conversation and we want to thank Lance for coming on the show and talking American Single Malt and St. George Spirits with us on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown podcast!  

Our latest guest on The Craft Spirits Podcast is Lucy Farber, the operations manager for St. George Spirits in Alameda, California. She's also a board member for the American Craft Spirits Association and one of the tri-chairs for ACSA's education committee. In March, Lucy chatted about her early days at the distillery; being a part of a reinvention when ownership transitioned from founder Jörg Rupf to Lance Winters; some of her biggest challenges throughout the years; her decision to run for ACSA's board; and her passion for education.

Today I will be interviewing a man that is synonymous with LA wrestling. Lance Winters will give us a bit of an inside look into his  tenured as ASCW commissioner.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/discussion-world/support

St. George Spirits w/ Lance Winters Whisk(e)y Wednesday Sept. 7th 2022

Today's interview is with Lance Winters and Dave Smith from St. George Spirits. Lance is the Master Distiller and Dave is the Head Distiller for St. George Spirits, one of the pioneer craft distilleries in the United States. Founded by Jorg Rupf in 1982, St. George originally distilled eau de vie, then birthed and sold the Hangar One brand, and expanded their portfolio across categories to include base spirits like Gin, Vodka, and Whiskey, as well as liqueurs and more esoteric offerings like Absinthe and Shochu. In the podcast today we discuss: How Lance and Dave have grown the brand organically within minimal startup funding How they think about pushing the boundaries with craft spirits How they consider the intersection between innovation and commercial opportunity And their advice for entrepreneurs interested in launching a spirits brand Lance and Dave are icons in the spirits industry, and it was such a pleasure having them on the pod. Without further ado, please enjoy my interview with Lance Winters and Dave Smith. Find St George www.stgeorgespirits.com On instagram @stgeorgespirits On Twitter @stgeorgespirits On facebook @stgeorgespirits Find Movers and Shakers: www.moverssshakers.com   On Instagram @moverssshakers   Find April: On LinkedIn www.aprilwachtel.com   Find Cheeky  www.cheekycocktails.co Enter code MOVERSANDSHAKERS at checkout for 10% off your first order On Instagram @cheekycocktails

On this week's episode of the show, we are joined by the dynamic duo of distilling at St. George Spirits, Lance Winters, master distiller, and Dave Smith, head distiller. Now that the distillery is commemorating its 40th Anniversary there is much to celebrate for these two, as they share with us their journey in spirits. So tune in as we discuss everything from philosophies on distilling to breaking the rules to taking the edge off of work with a little bit of Xbox. Cocktail Limelight: https://bit.ly/3SZz0Ay _____________________________________ Join us every Monday as acclaimed bartender, Erick Castro, interviews some of the bar industry's top talents from around the world, including bartenders, distillers & authors. If you love cocktails & spirits then this award-winning podcast is just for you. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: Get early access to episodes, exclusive bonus episodes, special content and more: https://www.patreon.com/BartenderAtLarge WATCH OUR VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/bartenderatlarge FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: Erick Castro: www.instagram.com/HungryBartender Bartender at Large: www.instagram.com/BartenderAtLarge FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: Erick Castro: www.twitter.com/HungryBartender Bartender at Large: www.twitter.com/BartendAtLarge BUY OUR MERCH: https://moverandshakerco.com/collections/bartenderatlarge  

For the cover feature about vodka in our May/June issue, we spoke with St. George Spirits master distiller and president Lance Winters about the distillery's approach to making vodka and flavored vodka. St. George is also known for its gins, whiskies, fruit brandies, and other spirits, and Winters discusses how they bring a similar philosophy to making vodka as they do to other spirits; and we look back on St. George's history as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, and look ahead to what the future may bring for the distillery.Radio Imbibe is the audio home of Imbibe magazine. In each episode, we dive into liquid culture, exploring the people, places, and flavors of the drinkscape through conversations about cocktails, coffee, beer, spirits, and wine. Keep up with us at imbibemagazine.com, and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and if you're not already a subscriber, we'd love to have you join us—click here to subscribe. 

The US craft distillation movement has come a long way in recent years, especially for gin. No longer seen as the lesser of the white spirits, US gin is contributing not only to the conversation but also to the glass. Unlike many other spirits... I'll start that again. Unlike many other spirits, gin is in the unique position to be able to capture the true sense of place through the use of local botanicals. It is a liquid that can express the essential character and spirit of a particular locale.One such gin that is embracing the flavours that be found on its doorstep is St. George distilleries Terroir Gin expression. To find out more, we talked to Lance Winters, president and master distiller for St. George Spirits about their botanical gin, its distillation, and how it can be used. 

St. George Spirits in Alameda, California is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and is one of the pioneers of the U.S. craft distilling movement. In addition, it was one of the first distilleries to make an American single malt whiskey 20 years ago this year - a whiskey that came out of a job interview. We got the story behind that job interview from Master Distiller Lance Winters and Head Distiller/Blender Dave Smith on the latest #HappyHourLive webcast the other night. You can watch our live shows each Friday night on the WhiskyCast YouTube channel, our Facebook page, Twitter, and Twitch.

In this episode of the Distillery Nation Podcast, I had the absolute pleasure of talking with Lance Winters. Lance is the distillery and creative force behind St. George Spirits. You might know this distillery, one of the first craft distilleries in the US, dating back to 1982. Lance started with St. George in 1996, and since then has helped elevate St. George into a world-class distillery with a variety of products from the original Pear Brandy to American Single Malt and Gin and Vodka. A wide-ranging interview about the history of St. George, how Lance got his start, favorite books and so much more!

Lance Winters is the master distiller and president of St. George Spirits in Alameda, California. In this episode of The Craft Spirits Podcast, Winters reflects on 25 years of distilling at St. George. The distillery was founded in 1982 by Jörg Rupf, considered by many to be the godfather of craft distilling in America, and Winters joined the team in 1996. What started as a distillery devoted to eau de vie eventually branched out to make Hangar One Vodka, absinthe, gin, whiskey and more. After the 2010 sale of Hangar One to Proximo Spirits, Rupf retired and Winters assumed majority ownership of St. George. In early February, Winters spoke to editor in chief Jeff Cioletti when he was just shy of hitting his 25-year anniversary.

St. George Spirits, founded in 1982, is one of the OG craft distilleries in the country. Located in Northern California and founded by German born distilling legend Jörg Rupf, St. George Spirits helped to kick off the modern American distillation movement as we know it. Their fascinating story is told by this week's guests, the very entertaining distillers of St. George Spirits: Lance Winters and Dave Smith.   This week's featured cocktail is St. George Spirits' take on Dick Bradsell's classic Bramble.    Raspberry Bramble 2 oz St. George Terroir Gin  1/2 oz St. George Raspberry Liqueur 1 oz fresh lemon juice 1/2 oz simple syrup   Shake gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice, then strain into a tall glass filled with crushed ice. Drizzle raspberry liqueur over the top and garnish with lemon.   St. George Spirits Links: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter   Bit by a Fox Links: Blog Instagram Facebook Twitter Podcast Music

Chef Cody Storts drinks Absinthe and Green Chile Vodka. Talks the history and process of St. George Spirits with master distiller Lance Winters.

In the culinary world, many of the people making things, and many of the people consuming things, are chasing memory. It could be granny’s Sunday lunch or a specific time or a specific experience or place, but it’s always a chase, because food and beverage can’t replicate memory, nothing can, it can only be a doorway to an edge of something familiar you can’t name. That’s what amaro is for me, those bottles of bitter Italian liqueurs that once sat dusty at the back of a bar and are now one of the hottest categories in spirits. At its best, amaro is weird in a wonderful way and reminds me of old dusty bookshops and overgrown gardens behind abandoned houses, deep corners and quiet places and faded photographs -- the feeling of things I use to come across when I researched folklore and ghost stories. Somehow this spirit triggers that for me, like an open switch, and Bruto Americano by St. George Spirits is one of my favorites. Lance Winters is the Master Distiller of St. George and the man who created Bruto, and his inspiration was light years away from my experience, but still, like an artist and a patron, we met in the middle and had a great discussion during BevCon. If this is all a little too lofty and esoteric, then take heart: I misuse the Italian plural of the spirit category immediately after Lance compliments me about it, we are chatting in a hotel room while his wife Ellie perches on the bed and listens in, and we share an amaro in a coffee cup. It’s a fancy but no so fancy discussion about inspiration, creation, and appreciation.

The first salon talk took place before The Interval was officially opened, when the back bar and much of our signature decor weren't fully installed. It was an opportunity that couldn't be missed: the launch of the first book by Adam Rogers, articles editor at Wired; Proof: The Science of Booze is the 10,000 year history of alcohol. And so, as William Faulkner says: 'Civilization begins with distillation.' The subject was perfect for our new Long Now bar; but the talk was even more fitting because Adam had been instrumental in helping realized our vision for The Interval. He connected Long Now with both Jennifer Colliau (our Beverage Director and the mastermind of our cocktail menu) and Lance Winters of St George Spirits (whose artful distillations fill the bottles of our "bottlekeep" ceiling). You will hear both of those stories in detail during this talk, as well as the tale of picking wild juniper on Nevada's Mount Washington to use in the gin Lance crafted for The Interval. Adam's presentation also includes his close encounter with the 10,000 year-old “Mother Eve” of booze and a remarkable anecdote about a Japanese chemist who nearly changed history by applying sake techniques to American whiskey in the 19th Century, in the process he filed some of the first biotech patents ever. So the launch of Proof made for the perfect premiere to our “Conversations at The Interval” lecture series. Yet another reason to thank Adam Rogers. If you've been to The Interval (or just watched our other videos), you can see how early it was—not only is the Otto chalkboard nowhere to be seen, the back bar has yet to be built. Jennifer led our very first bartending team that night, though she also stepped on stage to tell the audience a bit about our gin. For an organization that is all about time, this event encapsulated a remarkable moment in our history: as the lively project we call The Interval became manifest. Cheers to you, Adam! Thanks for a great talk, and everything else.

A couple of weeks ago, we credited San Francisco's Anchor Distilling with being the birthplace of the American craft distilling movement in 1993. While Anchor was one of the early pioneers, the real birthplace was just across the bay at St. George Spirits, where Jörg Rupf started making eau de vie, whiskey, and other spirits in his Holstein still in 1982. Jörg retired several years ago, and his protégé Lance Winters is now the president and head distiller at St. George. We'll talk craft distilling history with Lance Winters on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth, and how he aced his job interview with Jörg with a bottle of homemade whiskey. In the news, yet another craft distiller has been sold as Pernod Ricard takes a majority stake in West Virginia's Smooth Ambler Spirits, and the deal marks Pernod Ricard's return to the American whiskey market. Beam Suntory is raising prices and cutting availability for Booker's Bourbon, and we'll have reaction from angry Bourbon fans. Irish distillers are hoping to become a major force in the country's tourism industry, and we'll explain why it's not a good idea to get health advice from a guy named "Booger."

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Enjoy great conversation with Advanced Sommelier Christopher Chan and special guests from around the World of Wine, Spirits, Cocktails, Good Food, Beer, Chefs, Events & Education.

St. George Spirits owner and master distiller, Lance Winters, discusses the inspiration behind his new gins, some of the strangest distillates he's worked with and how processing agave for his Agua Azul kicked his ass. Tom Richter of Tomr's Tonics is our guest host. Find our guest and guest host online: http://www.stgeorgespirits.com http://www.tomrstonic.com Music: Cut By Ice - Dirty Little Secret

It’s very simple: alcohol, wormwood, and some anise characteristics. But not simple at all: The carefully calibrated mix of aromatics and herbs that goes into the absinthe made by Lance Winters of St. George Spirits took extensive testing to get just right.