Spirits & Distilling Podcast
Make and drink great spirits.
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 38 in total of Spirits & Distilling Podcast with the tag “distilling”.
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44: Dave Smith of St. George Spirits Captures Sense Memories in a Bottle
October 28th, 2025 | 1 hr 23 mins
distilling, gin, shochu, umeshu, whiskey
Recreating the distinct aromas and flavors that evoke particular places, times, and experiences is a focus that transcends spirit style for this California distiller.
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43: Anne Brock of Bombay Sapphire Is Bullish on the Future of Gin
October 14th, 2025 | 51 mins 48 secs
botanicals, distilling, gin
As master distiller at Bombay Sapphire, Anne Brock combines creative interest in botanicals with the scientific approach of an organic chemist, testing various ingredients and distillation methods while prizing consistency of flavor.
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42: Alex Castle of Augusta Distillery Embraces New Challenges in Old Bourbon
September 30th, 2025 | 58 mins 10 secs
aged bourbon, bourbon, distillery build-out, distilling, sourced bourbon, whiskey
From distillery build-outs in historic buildings to process concerns with calcium-rich water and building a flavor through-line in sourced-bourbon releases, Castle shares lessons learned over 15 years of distilling in Kentucky and Tennessee.
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41: John D.E. Jeffery Wants You to Balance Science and Intuition When Crafting Spirits
September 17th, 2025 | 54 mins 47 secs
distilling, distilling science, intuition, nalewka, whiskey
As a journeyman master distiller and now a consultant, Johnny Jeffery has left his mark on American craft spirits and learned from unusual experiences along the way. Here, he shares some of his best advice for craft distillers trying to succeed today.
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40: Joe O’Sullivan of Minden Mill Controls the Variables in Dry-Climate Whiskey Maturation
September 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
american single malt, blending, bourbon, distilling, estate grain, nevada, rye, whiskey
With estate grain and a climate-controlled rickhouse, Minden Mill’s team is exploring the impact of terroir on their spirits while taking a slow, measured approach to predicting how the environment impacts their maturation and flavor-focused blends.
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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.