MurLarkey, a leading craft distillery, proudly congratulates its Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Jim Larkin, on his induction into the prestigious Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. This esteemed recognition celebrates Larkin’s remarkable achievements in ice hockey, highlighting his outstanding career both on and off the ice. Growing up in Vermont, Jim Larkin’s journey in hockey began with an…
Three-time Olympic gold medalist and professional snowboarder Shaun White has experienced some of the most exceptional trails, slopes, waves and views the West has to offer. Over the years he’s also witnessed firsthand the impact climate change has had on these places, with rising temperatures and melting snowpacks increasingly posing a threat. Today, High West Distillery, the Park City-based whiskey…
Rosie Cheeks Distillery, a local family-owned and operated distillery in Walkersville, MD recently won four (4) awards, including “Best In Class”, in the prestigious East Coast Craft Spirits competition. Rosie Cheeks’ Peach Cobbler received both a Gold Medal and the award of “Best In Class” for the flavored moonshine category from the judges. In addition, the local distillery received…
Spirit Hound Distillers is expanding their presence in Colorado with the opening of their newest tasting room in Denver, Colorado. This is the latest development in the company’s 12-year history of steady growth since operations began in 2011. The address of the new Tasting Room is 3622 Tejon Street, located in the heart of Denver’s popular Highlands neighborhood. Visitors are…
California’s only designated distillery trail is set to rock the Paso Robles wine country on August 11-13 with weekend-long festivities including tastes of rare spirits, new releases, special cocktails, distillery tours, live entertainment, bites from local chefs and more. The one-of-a-kind “Paso Robles Distillery Trail Weekend” takes place at all 13 member distilleries around Paso…
The results of the 2023 Ultimate Spirits Challenge (USC) were published this month and the small, Pittsburgh-based craft spirits producer, Pennsylvania Pure Distilleries (Pennsylvania Pure), has risen to the top yet again, with two Chairman’s Trophies and six spirits ranking 93 or higher. The Chairman’s Trophy is the highest accolade that can be given to…
The Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, announces its house-distilled Huckleberry Hideout Moonshine received two prestigious awards in the 2023 Central Coast Wine and Spirits Competition as part of this year’s California Mid-State Fair. In the category of invitational spirits made outside of California, The Mob Museum earned not only…
Surf City Still Works (SCSW), Huntington Beach’s first craft distillery, announces it closed a round of funding that yielded $2.7 million. The company is in the midst of a major growth period and is using the funds to build the second largest distillery in Southern California. SCSW also announces its new Advisory Board that will…
Rebecca Creek Distillery has temporarily shifted its production of ultra-premium spirits, Rebecca Creek Whiskey, Enchanted Rock Vodka, and Texas Ranger Whiskey, to alcohol-based hand cleaners to respond to the growing needs of first responders and essential employees. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA issued temporary production guidelines for the temporary manufacture of certain alcohol-based hand sanitizer products…
Under normal circumstances, Labeltronix – Southern California’s leading label printer – would be printing labels for distillers and wineries for their bottles. COVID-19 derailed “normal.” Distillers and wineries have discovered a new way to serve the public – by producing hand sanitizer for health care workers and others. Labeltronix began donating labels for the hand sanitizers…
Angel’s Envy Distillery will launch their barrel-aged beer program, “Angel’s & Ale,” with Louisville-based partner Against the Grain. The beer resulting from the partnership is a Belgian Quadruple Ale that was aged for 3-4 months in port barrels formerly used to finish Angel’s Envy core product, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Port Wine barrels. …
Long Island Spirits, one of the country’s most innovative barley-to-bottle craft distilleries, is celebrating it eleventh anniversary by announcing the release of Pine Barrens Bottled-in-Bond”; the first ever American Single Malt Whisky that carries the Federal Governments highly coveted designation “Bottled-in-Bond.” Long Island Spirits named by Bar Business as “American Single Malt Distillery of the…
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