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    <description>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.
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  <title>21: David Fisher of Sydney’s Archie Rose Distilling Prizes Independence and Balance</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>The senior spirits blender at Sydney’s award-winning Archie Rose shares his perspectives on sensory analysis, blending, and producing distinctive spirits with Australia’s ingredients and climate.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;David Fisher’s love of spirits started with bartending in London and followed a winding path, eventually passing through pandemic-era New York City into sensory analysis and blending back home in Australia. Now the senior spirits blender at award-winning &lt;a href="https://archierose.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Archie Rose Distilling&lt;/a&gt; in Sydney, Fisher has one of the most respected noses in the business.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In this discussion with host Molly Troupe, Fisher shares his thoughts on the importance of confidence to sensory and blending, and knowing your weaknesses as well as your strengths. He also discusses: &lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;stopping to smell the flowers (and everything else) in collecting sense memories&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the aromatic purity of gin botanicals versus the integrated matrix of whiskey&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the overarching importance of balance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;bridging New World flavors and Old World elegance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the effects of Australian temperature swings on barrel aging&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;backing up sensory data with numbers, and making the connections with production choices
making distinctive whiskey with malts smoked by unusual local woods&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;And more.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brought to you by:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://gdchillers.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;G&amp;amp;D Chillers:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; G&amp;amp;D Chillers understands that each distillery’s chilling requirements are unique. On every distillery project, G&amp;amp;D offers the front-end design and engineering your team needs at no cost to you. Jim Kuhr, VP of Manufacturing at Red Boot Beverages says, “G&amp;amp;D has been with us since the early days. Their knowledgeable engineers and service techs are there when we need them. We’re in the midst of a large expansion, and they have been right there with us to select chiller solutions for today and the future.” Reach out for a quote today at gdchillers.com &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>In this discussion with host Molly Troupe, Fisher shares his thoughts on the importance of confidence to sensory and blending, and knowing your weaknesses as well as your strengths. He also discusses: </p>

<ul>
<li>stopping to smell the flowers (and everything else) in collecting sense memories</li>
<li>the aromatic purity of gin botanicals versus the integrated matrix of whiskey</li>
<li>the overarching importance of balance</li>
<li>bridging New World flavors and Old World elegance</li>
<li>the effects of Australian temperature swings on barrel aging</li>
<li>backing up sensory data with numbers, and making the connections with production choices
making distinctive whiskey with malts smoked by unusual local woods</li>
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<p>And more.</p>

<p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong><br>
<strong><a href="https://gdchillers.com" rel="nofollow">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. Jim Kuhr, VP of Manufacturing at Red Boot Beverages says, “G&amp;D has been with us since the early days. Their knowledgeable engineers and service techs are there when we need them. We’re in the midst of a large expansion, and they have been right there with us to select chiller solutions for today and the future.” Reach out for a quote today at gdchillers.com</p>]]>
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<p>In this discussion with host Molly Troupe, Fisher shares his thoughts on the importance of confidence to sensory and blending, and knowing your weaknesses as well as your strengths. He also discusses: </p>

<ul>
<li>stopping to smell the flowers (and everything else) in collecting sense memories</li>
<li>the aromatic purity of gin botanicals versus the integrated matrix of whiskey</li>
<li>the overarching importance of balance</li>
<li>bridging New World flavors and Old World elegance</li>
<li>the effects of Australian temperature swings on barrel aging</li>
<li>backing up sensory data with numbers, and making the connections with production choices
making distinctive whiskey with malts smoked by unusual local woods</li>
</ul>

<p>And more.</p>

<p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong><br>
<strong><a href="https://gdchillers.com" rel="nofollow">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. Jim Kuhr, VP of Manufacturing at Red Boot Beverages says, “G&amp;D has been with us since the early days. Their knowledgeable engineers and service techs are there when we need them. We’re in the midst of a large expansion, and they have been right there with us to select chiller solutions for today and the future.” Reach out for a quote today at gdchillers.com</p>]]>
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