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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Said to be America's oldest continually maintained brand of whiskey, it was founded in West Overton, Pennsylvania, in 1810.
  • Old Overholt is a rye whiskey distilled by A. Overholt & Co., currently a subsidiary of Beam Suntory, which is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan. 
  • It is currently distilled at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, KY
  • Henry Oberho...

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Said to be America's oldest continually maintained brand of whiskey, it was founded in West Overton, Pennsylvania, in 1810.
  • Old Overholt is a rye whiskey distilled by A. Overholt & Co., currently a subsidiary of Beam Suntory, which is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan. 
  • It is currently distilled at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, KY
  • Henry Oberho...

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Tony is a retired pharmacist and had no distilling experience when they started
  • In 2016, the owner said they were working on a vodka, but didn't have any interest in whiskey’s
  • In 2021, they met Jeremy Quinn, who became master distiller and will be the successor of the business
  • Today, it makes about 25,000 bottles a year
• Our Bottle: Daufuskie Low Country Bourbon
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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Expanded in 2023 and now makes about 2000 bottles a year
  • Pot still only
  • Uses Bloody Butcher corn
    • Low yield, about 25% less
  • A “Liberty Pole” was kind of like a banner posted by the Mingo Creek Society to protest the excise tax imposed on whiskey to help pay for the War of Independence
• Whiskey Rebellion
  • Hamilton Vs Jefferson
    • Hamilton wanted a stronger federa...

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Background in Agriculture
  • Drinking is an “Agricultural Act”
  • Jimmy Red Corn
    • Dwindled to 2 cobs
    • Partnered with Clemson to grow 2.5 acres and made 2 batches
    • They know grow 1.3 million pounds!
  • Now makes about 30 barrels a week
    • Last still was only about 8 a week
• Our Bottle: Jimmy Red Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • 100% Jimmy Red Corn
  • Sweet Mash
• Pipe Pairings: C...

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Ryan is from the military and Holly worked with airlines
  • Ryan is also a glassblower
    • Names of the bottles are based on glassblowing items
    • Didymium is a purple filtering glass that glassblowers wear to protect their eyes, filtering out all the other bottles on the shelf
    • The Gaffer collection is their limited release, and a Gaffer is the head glassblower
      • The First batch ...

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• Based out of Utah 
• High West Distillery was founded in 2006 by David Perkins and his wife, Jane. David, a former biochemist, was inspired to open his own distillery after seeing the parallels between the fermentation and distilling process and his own work in biochemistry during a trip to a whiskey distillery in Kentucky.
• High West began with humble roots, opening a small, 250-gallon still and Saloon in an historic ...

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Proximo Started the brand, Spinoff of stranahan which was purchased in 2010
  • Named after a mining town in colorado and for the tin cups that people drank from
  • Partners with stranahan Distillery 
  • Is fully marketed as an outdoor brand, to the point where their website is more a gear site than a whiskey site in a lot of ways
  • Jess Graber first was a co-founder to stranahans, and ...

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • The Name came from an Austin Nichols Exec (Who distributed the whiskey made by the ripy’s) who took it on a turkey hunt, and his friends kept asking for that wild turkey bourbon
  • Austin Nichols Was a distributor until 1971, when they Bought the Boulevard Distillery and renamed it Wild Turkey
  • 1980-pernod Richard Purchased
  • May 9, 2000
    • A fire destroyed a warehouse holding 17...

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Distilled in Hilliard, Ohio, in a garage
  • Formerly Mill Street Distillery in Utica
    • Same owners and master distiller, just bought out some others and moved
  • Rickhouse is in Groveport
  • Has cask strength single barrels
    • Opa’s has one
• Our Bottle: Bourbon
  • 100% corn
• Pipe Pairings: Boswell northwoods
• Cocktails:
• Research Sources
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch...

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Started with whiskey, then limoncello, and last vodka.  
  • Bootstrapped, so didn't have a large bank loan to force them to get out something to start.  
  • They used “Creative aging” to get whiskey done faster.  Natural, not pressurized
    • Most likely small barrels
  • Has a second location in Put-in-Bay
• Our Bottle: Dark Cherry
  • This was their very first bottle
• P...

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Most awarded flavored whiskey brand
  • Bottles at full proof
  • They don't have a Wikipedia Page!
• Our Bottle: Blackberry
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• Pipe Pairings:
• Cocktails:
  • Blackberry Bramble
    • 2 oz Bird Dog Blackberry
    • 2 Oz Rum Chatta (Rum cream Liquor)
  • Blackberries and Cream Whiskey Martini
    • 1.5 oz Bird Dog Blackberry
    • 1 Oz Ameretto
    • .5 oz Vanilla Vodka
    • .25 Oz Lemon Juice

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• Interesting things about the distillery: 
  • The pot still was made in South Bend
  • Veteran Owned
    • Charlie was infantry for 12 years
    • Diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome and medically discharged
      • Causes nerve pain in the legs and feet
  • Has an MBA from Notre Dame, and that is where he thought to start, since there wasn't any small batch in Indiana 
  • 80% corn, 10% wheat, and 10% rye is the signature ble...

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• Interesting things about the distillery:
  • Has 4 locations (two in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Nashville) and a 5th set to open in 2026 with Yee Haw Brewing in Myrtle Beach.
  • Sold to APEX Private equity in 2022
• Our Bottle: Salted Watermelon
• Pipe Pairings:
• Cocktails:
• Research Sources
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Smoky_Distillery
  • https://olesmoky.com/
  • https://www.whiskeyuniv.com/b-joe-baker

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• Started in 1953 by Bill Samuals 
  • Took his families 170 year old recipe and set it on fire
    • By accident of course
• The original recipe was made with rye
  • Not gonna lie kind of upset now that he set it on fire
• Bill decided to have a little experiment since instead of time to come up with mashbill 
  • He made loaves of bread
• Markers is famous for their distinct bottle shape and that red wax dip...

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• The Woodford Distillery, as we know it today, was actually previously owned by Elijah Pepper and was called the Oscar Pepper Distillery. 
  • The distillery itself has been through 4 sales. 
    • Brown Forman bought it in 1941, sold it in the late 60’s, and then decided they wanted to re-purchase it in 1993. 
  • By 1996, it became the Woodford Distillery
• As much as I do not love Wooford, it is the best of the th...