by bourbonwomen | Feb 21, 2022 | Community, Meet The Makers
Nicole Austin has lent her expertise to a number of distilleries throughout the United States. Today she is the General Manager and Distiller at George Dickel in Tennessee, but her path to distilling wasn’t always an obvious one. BW: With a degree in chemical...
by bourbonwomen | Feb 14, 2022 | Community, Meet The Makers
Growing up in Bardstown, Kentucky doesn’t always mean a career in Bourbon. Or does it? For Three Chord Barrel Program Manager Laura Webb it wasn’t always an obvious career path. BW: You have spent the better part of your career working in Bardstown,...
by bourbonwomen | Feb 7, 2022 | Community, Meet The Makers
Lisa Wicker has had a dynamic career in beverage alcohol. She grew up in Indiana and always seemed to have some science experiment bubbling in her grandmother’s sauerkraut crock. Little did she know she would eventually find her career path first in winemaking...
by bourbonwomen | Jan 31, 2022 | Community, Meet The Makers
There are a lot of paths to the Bourbon industry, and even if you have a background that would lend itself more to quality control it is still possible to pivot into consumer education. That’s exactly what Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Program Associate Susannah...
by bourbonwomen | Jan 24, 2022 | Community, Meet The Makers
Katrina Egbert was inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame in 2019 after more than 30 years with Wild Turkey, often being credited as Jimmy Russell’s right-hand. BW: How did you end up working in the Kentucky Bourbon industry? KE: Lawrenceburg, KY where...
