The Distilled Life

While visiting down in California for business I decided to take a look at the local San Francisco bar scene. The day we arrived right across the street there was a bar called Swig Swig. It was kind of plain on the out side, looked a little out dated, and truly there was nothing about [...]

After a bit of vacation, we now resume our good work with The Distilled Life. After all, drinking and telling them about it isn’t exactly a hard job. Today, we finish our look at Woodinville Distillery (we tackled the Rye with great results last year) with their micro-barreled Bourbon Whiskey. The craft distilling industry is [...]

Located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Industry City Distillery is bent on improving the production of alcohol through the blending of science and art. Right now, we’re designing a unique and hyper-efficient process that transforms beet sugar into delicious vodka without the “burn.” (That means no re-living your college days as you take a sip.) Don’t [...]

Tell me a little about your history, how you started, We started as an independent bottler of Single Malt Scotch for the Canadian market in 2005. We “transformed” the business into distilling in 2009, with production beginning in March of that year. The distillery is owned and run by Barry Bernstein (a former software engineer [...]

The Noble Experiment . . . The first time that Bridget reached out to me to ask if she can be added to our site I saw the name of her distillery and I smiled, I thought what a cool idea to display what distilling really is. I know that there are loads of science, [...]

  The Distillery Story Oola Distillery produces small batches of gin, vodka and whiskey. This is the real deal – spirits made with a sense of place and a connection to the people who grew the raw ingredients and the man who coaxed them into their more spirited forms. The goal is 100% use of [...]

Whiskey (usually spelled whisky in Canada and Scotland) is a spirit produced from fermented grain and aged in wood. A spirit is any alcoholic beverage in which the alcohol content has been increased by distillation. Other spirits include brandy (distilled from wine), rum (distilled from sugarcane juice or molasses), vodka (distilled from grain but not [...]

This weekend my family lost our grandma and grandpa. Both lived very full and happy lives and passed away I would say as peaceful as you could ever ask for. We have all lost loved ones, and people that have helped shape us into who we are today, but there is one thing that I [...]

By TheWhiskeyDame Last night while watching the season premier of Mad Men, I started thinking about the sexiness of the modern day woman. As a woman it is easy to struggle with our sexuality. On one hand, we demand to be taken seriously. We yearn and deserve positions of authority and want to be respected [...]

So i’m 21 years old in Chelan with a group of friends for my bachelors party. The weekend itself will go down in history as one of the best I have ever had, but there is one thing that stood out amongst the many and I mean MANY drinks I took that weekend. RoughStock Montana [...]