Spirits & Distilling Podcast
Make and drink great spirits.
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 33 in total of Spirits & Distilling Podcast with the tag “distilling”.
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38: Jonathan Goldberg of Black Velvet Seeks Harmony through Thoughtful Blending
August 5th, 2025 | 57 mins 4 secs
blending, continuous still, cooperage, distilling, dynamic blends, pre-blending
The master distiller for Alberta, Canada’s Black Velvet embraces the challenge of blending dynamically different distillates into a cohesive whole, with a process focused on consistency, quality, and repeatability.
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37: Staying Sane and Happy in the Spirits Industry—a Panel Discussion with Maggie Campbell and Jennifer Wren
July 22nd, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
burnout, distilling, networking, setting boundaries, toxic productivity, work
Get your bugout bag ready! In this special episode, co-hosts Molly Troupe and Sydney Jones reunite to swap advice with American Cane CEO Maggie Campbell and Jennifer Wren, an industry veteran who now specializes in coaching women on professional development.
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36: Todd Leopold Designs and Distills Spirits that Have Something to Say
July 9th, 2025 | 1 hr 24 mins
brandy, chamber still, distilling, fruit brandy, maryland rye, rye, still, stills, vinegar
Todd Leopold of Leopold Bros in Denver is part historian, part tinkerer, part creative muse, and part sounding board for the broader craft-distilling world—and his multi-stream approach to experimentation in the service of flavor over style is more relevant than ever.
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35: American Cane Tells Expressive Stories in Regionally Relevant Rum
June 24th, 2025 | 53 mins 13 secs
american rum, distilling, rum
Great rum is a magical thing, and when all the elements come together—ingredients, culture, fermentation, maturation, and story—there are few spirits that can match its joie de vivre. Today, Maggie Campbell and Chaz Vest are aligning these forces of flavor to cast light on rum’s legacy in America, and telling that story through American Cane.
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34: Brent Looby of Desert Door Summons the Spirit of Sotol
June 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
agave, austin, distilling, sotol, spirits, tequila, texas
Agave may get the lion’s share of distillers’ love, but it’s far from the only game in town when it comes to distilled Mexican and Southwestern spirits. Desert Door, on the outskirts of Austin, is out to show the beauty and range in sotol—made from the desert spoon plant and sustainably harvested from wild plants.
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33: Stranahan’s Tyler Glasser Distills with Artful Efficiency
May 27th, 2025 | 55 mins 13 secs
demand planning, distilling, forecasting, planning, procurement, single malt, whiskey
The journey from art student to distiller may strike some as unusual, but for the plant operations administrator at Denver’s Stranahan’s, creativity matched with effective and disciplined execution is the key to successful spirits.
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32: Aged Whiskeys and Citrus-Flavored Spirits Heat up for St. Augustine Distillery and City Gate Spirits
May 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 2 mins
bourbon, distilling, florida, macerated spirits, moonshine, whiskey
Distilling in Florida’s hot and humid environment, and producing spirits specifically tuned for cocktails in a tourism-driven locale—those are the major guideposts for the creative direction of these sibling distilleries, as well as for their methods of barrel aging and adding flavor.
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31: Sara Sergent of Alpine Distilling Blends Science with Instinct and Flair in Botanical Spirits
April 29th, 2025 | 50 mins 15 secs
angelica, botanicals, distilling, gin, juniper, lemon, sourcing ingredients
Whether she’s engaging with the wide world of ingredients or sourcing those from her own high-mountain backyard, master distiller Sara Sergent combines well-honed sensory skills with a methodical process for testing how processes and treatments change aroma and flavor expression in her award-winning botanical spirits.
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30: Bob Dillon of Dismal Harmony Refines Flavors with Creative Flair
April 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
cocktail, cocktails, distilling, liqueur, whiskey
Bob Dillon joins the podcast to discuss the technical and artistic vision behind his more familiar spirits as well as his ACSA best-in-show-winning Vidisha’s Masala liqueur.
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29: Devon Trevathan of Liba Spirits and Trovador Rum Distills Spirits with Stories
April 1st, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
aperitivo, distilling, gin, peated whisky
Whether she’s distilling in far-flung locales, blending beautiful spirits, or writing about others’ processes, Devon Trevathan crafts stories in both words and flavors.