by Heather Wibbels | Mar 18, 2023 | Community, Meet The Makers
This week we catch up with Denise Petty, Catoctin Creek Distilling Company, Tasting Room Manager. Her path from fiber optics to hospitality to tasting room manager may not have been expected, but it’s clear she and Catoctin and thriving in their success. Her...
by bourbonwomen | Mar 3, 2023 | Community, Meet The Makers
Kate Douglas, distiller at O’Shaughnessy Distilling Co got her introduction to distilling when started as an intern at Old Elk Distillery. With her degree in Fermentation Scient and Technology from Colorado State University, she gets to distill, blend, promote...
by bourbonwomen | Feb 17, 2023 | Community, Meet The Makers
Hear from Creola Dickerson, Lead Single Barrel Ambassador, New Riff Distilling in this week’s Meet the Makers to find out more about how she got into the industry, her experience at New Riff and her excitement about how the industry is changing and where...
by bourbonwomen | Feb 4, 2023 | Community, Meet The Makers
Meet Jennifer Cissell, Vice President of Operations and Administration for Kentucky Bourbon Festival. She plans and executes one of the largest whiskey festivals in the country (and that’s saying something). Learn how she went from tour guide at Beam to her...
by bourbonwomen | Jan 27, 2023 | Community, Meet The Makers
Hermitage Farm in Oldham County, Kentucky, may be one of the few places in the country you can sip bourbon in a horse barn. And Barbara O’Connor, Director of Tours and Tastings of Hermitage Farm brings bourbon to new drinkers on a daily basis. In this Meet the...
by bourbonwomen | Jan 9, 2023 | Community, Meet The Makers
This time on Meet the Makers, we talk to April Gray, who took over The Bourbonaire Group in St. Louis after her husband passed away in 2020, continuing his legacy and also supporting the education and connection between new bourbon drinkers throughout the city. Rather...
