web01.fireside.fm Mon, 18 May 2026 20:05:24 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Spirits & Distilling Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Procurement” https://spiritsanddistilling.fireside.fm/tags/procurement Tue, 27 May 2025 19:45:00 -0600 Enjoy and learn from conversations with leading distillers as co-hosts Sydney Jones, head distiller for FEW Spirits in Chicago, and Molly Troupe, master distiller for Freeland Spirits in Portland, Oregon, explore the technical and creative processes behind award-winning and storied spirits. It’s a podcast by distillers, for distillers, that covers the broad world of finely crafted spirits—botanical and herbal spirits, fruit distillations, agave spirits, grain spirits, and more. Listen as the hosts discuss every aspect of the process, from ideation and ingredient selection through conversion and fermentation, distilling, aging, finishing, proofing, and packaging. Subscribe to this bi-weekly podcast for tips and techniques that will help you make better spirits. en-us episodic Make and drink great spirits. Spirits & Distilling Enjoy and learn from conversations with leading distillers as co-hosts Sydney Jones, head distiller for FEW Spirits in Chicago, and Molly Troupe, master distiller for Freeland Spirits in Portland, Oregon, explore the technical and creative processes behind award-winning and storied spirits. It’s a podcast by distillers, for distillers, that covers the broad world of finely crafted spirits—botanical and herbal spirits, fruit distillations, agave spirits, grain spirits, and more. Listen as the hosts discuss every aspect of the process, from ideation and ingredient selection through conversion and fermentation, distilling, aging, finishing, proofing, and packaging. Subscribe to this bi-weekly podcast for tips and techniques that will help you make better spirits. no spirits, distilling, distilled spirits, bourbon, vodka, rum, gin, craft, craft spirits. Spirits & Distilling support@spiritsanddistilling.com 33: Stranahan’s Tyler Glasser Distills with Artful Efficiency https://spiritsanddistilling.fireside.fm/33 6435bc61-d7e4-4b35-99f7-3c5c7fca4205 Tue, 27 May 2025 19:45:00 -0600 Spirits & Distilling full Spirits & Distilling 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. 55:13 yes <p>For Tyler Glasser of <a href="https://stranahans.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Stranahan’s,</a> problem solving and creative exploration are best begun with a holistic view, borne from perspectives gained working across the various roles within a distillery. Through his current role as plant operations administrator, he’s gained an appreciation for the part that planning, forecasting, and procurement play in enabling distillers and blenders to produce and construct great spirits, as creating products at the scale of Stranahan’s requires an integrated, cross-discipline push. </p> <p>In this episode, host Molly Troupe and Glasser discuss: </p> <ul> <li> How planning and forecasting impact every aspect of the distillery</li> <li> The impact of procurement on the viability of distillers’ labors of love</li> <li> Developing spirits that connect to place and shorten the supply chain</li> <li> Managing stress and setting boundaries</li> <li> The impact of tariffs on an increasingly chaotic forecasting environment</li> <li> Using digital tools and algorithms to plan production and inventory levels</li> <li> Balancing production with market demand while managing capital expenditures</li> </ul> <p>And more. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://gdchillers.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">G&amp;D Chillers:</a></strong> G&amp;D Chillers understands that each distillery’s chilling requirements are unique. On every distillery project, G&amp;D offers the front-end design and engineering your team needs at no cost to you. Hank Pressley, head distiller at Moon Drop Distillery says, “Early on, we made a decision to partner with quality American-made companies. One of those companies was G&amp;D Chillers, and we are proud of that choice. Our equipment from them has run long and strong. We put our first barrel in our rickhouse in September 2021, and in the next 3 years we have put back more than another 540 barrels. What a great decision to team up with a company like G&amp;D Chillers.” Reach out for a quote today at gdchillers.com. </p> distilling, whiskey, single malt, forecasting, planning, demand planning, procurement For Tyler Glasser of Stranahan’s, problem solving and creative exploration are best begun with a holistic view, borne from perspectives gained working across the various roles within a distillery. Through his current role as plant operations administrator, he’s gained an appreciation for the part that planning, forecasting, and procurement play in enabling distillers and blenders to produce and construct great spirits, as creating products at the scale of Stranahan’s requires an integrated, cross-discipline push.

In this episode, host Molly Troupe and Glasser discuss:

  • How planning and forecasting impact every aspect of the distillery
  • The impact of procurement on the viability of distillers’ labors of love
  • Developing spirits that connect to place and shorten the supply chain
  • Managing stress and setting boundaries
  • The impact of tariffs on an increasingly chaotic forecasting environment
  • Using digital tools and algorithms to plan production and inventory levels
  • Balancing production with market demand while managing capital expenditures

And more.

G&D Chillers: G&D Chillers understands that each distillery’s chilling requirements are unique. On every distillery project, G&D offers the front-end design and engineering your team needs at no cost to you. Hank Pressley, head distiller at Moon Drop Distillery says, “Early on, we made a decision to partner with quality American-made companies. One of those companies was G&D Chillers, and we are proud of that choice. Our equipment from them has run long and strong. We put our first barrel in our rickhouse in September 2021, and in the next 3 years we have put back more than another 540 barrels. What a great decision to team up with a company like G&D Chillers.” Reach out for a quote today at gdchillers.com.

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In this episode, host Molly Troupe and Glasser discuss:

  • How planning and forecasting impact every aspect of the distillery
  • The impact of procurement on the viability of distillers’ labors of love
  • Developing spirits that connect to place and shorten the supply chain
  • Managing stress and setting boundaries
  • The impact of tariffs on an increasingly chaotic forecasting environment
  • Using digital tools and algorithms to plan production and inventory levels
  • Balancing production with market demand while managing capital expenditures

And more.

G&D Chillers: G&D Chillers understands that each distillery’s chilling requirements are unique. On every distillery project, G&D offers the front-end design and engineering your team needs at no cost to you. Hank Pressley, head distiller at Moon Drop Distillery says, “Early on, we made a decision to partner with quality American-made companies. One of those companies was G&D Chillers, and we are proud of that choice. Our equipment from them has run long and strong. We put our first barrel in our rickhouse in September 2021, and in the next 3 years we have put back more than another 540 barrels. What a great decision to team up with a company like G&D Chillers.” Reach out for a quote today at gdchillers.com.

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