Behind The Still

Based in Tampa, Florida Dark Door Spirits was started with motivation and innovation in mind. This team loves to experiment with new ideas and has the facility to pull it off. Using unique aging techniques Dark Door is able to bring products to market that wins awards and competes with the name brands. As the Dark Door team says "knock if you dare because there are a group of amazing people on the other side." 

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Ryan Thompson, owner of 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirits Company joins the podcast to talk about winning the 2021 Craft Distillery of the Year Award presented by RackHouse Whiskey Club.
 

The award was voted on by the public with categories set by the team at RackHouse Whiskey Club which aims to award distilleries by more than just a taste profile.

In 2014, the 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirit Company l...

Have you ever wondered why whiskey is aged in oak wooden barrels? It’s not originally because of the flavor. An Ohio distillery contends it was simply because barrels were the storage device of the day. The flavor the whiskey got was merely a consequence. Cleveland Whiskey, believes it's a technology company first and distillery second. We sat down with Tom Lix, founder and CEO of Cleveland Whiskey to learn more about the awar...

The unsinkable Molly Brown is now a whiskey distillery in the heart of Denver, Colorado. This distillery has taken the term "hand-crafted" to a new level entirely. Most distilleries purchase equipment from manufacturers. At Molly Brown Distillery with the help of the team and a degree in chemical engineering, Head Distiller Justin Lee engineered the entire distillery with his own hands.  This is the story behind Molly Bro...

This episode we travel to Spring Grove, Minnesota to visit a former Navy fighter pilot turned farmer and distiller.  It’s not often you meet an organic farmer with a story as interesting as Christian Myrah’s. He went from flying fighter jets for the US Navy to driving tractors in small town Minnesota. And for the last five years or so, he’s been turning his farm produce into whiskey. Award winning at that.  

“Tractor’s don’t go as f...

Hayes Kelman and Lee Griffith join the podcast to discuss the history of Boot Hill and their distillery that takes its name. Located in Dodge City, Kansas on the actual burial site known as Boot Hill. This was the place where cowboys pushing longhorns up from Texas would be welcomed with whiskey by the ladle. Saloons flourished and when some of the gunslinging cowboys would get too rowdy, some would end up dead. Boot Hill looking o...

Not all chemists become distillers, but Maddie Kelly did. The chemistry field actually goes perfectly with distilling alcohol. The entire process is chemistry so who better to run the still than a chemist at 2bar Spirits in Seattle, WA. 2bar was started by Nathan Kaiser after growing up on his family's century-old farm ranch called 2bar Ranch in Texas. Once he moved to Seattle he took the Texas traditions and plotted in right ...

Today I’m joined by Ryan Thompson and Stepehen Jacobs with 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirits Company in Vail, Colorado. Named in honor of the 10th Mountain Army Division that originated in the area at a place called Camp Hale in the 1940s. This was a specific division set up to train for mountain warfare tactics in WWII. After the war these warfighters came back and wanted to share the sport of skiing and mountain lifestyle to ot...

Steve Nally is a legend in the bourbon world. His experience spans over 40 years in the industry. As Master Distiller for Makers Mark and Wyoming Whiskey, Steve has etched his name in history as one of the greatest Master Distillers ever to have lived. Inducted into the Bourbon Hall of Fame in 2007, Steve was asked to take on the role of Master Distiller for Bardstown Bourbon Co. in 2016. On this podcast, we talk about his life gro...

Old Nick Williams Distillery located in Lewisville, NC is definitely the most famous distillery most people have never heard...yet. This distillery is a hidden gem that recently won a double gold medal at the San Francisco Spirits Competition. The owner Zeb Williams is the great grandson of the late Nicholas Glen Williams. For over 250 years, the Williams family has had a truly amazing and colorful journey. From participating in th...

Treaty Oak Distillery: Where flavor meets family

What does a Cambridge University graduate, an Israeli Special Forces veteran, two U.S. Army vets and an engineer have in common? They help make up the team we met at Treaty Oak Distillery in Dripping Springs, Texas. 

Treaty Oak’s name goes back more than 500 years after the famous tree in Austin, under which Stephen F. Austin signed agreements defining the borders of Texas. The fourth ...

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