by bourbonwomen | Sep 20, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
Alicia Burton started out behind the bar at Jeptha Creed Distillery and has worked her way through various job titles including production planner scheduler at Jeptha Creed to her current role of production supervisor and procurement specialist. BW: How did you first...
by bourbonwomen | Sep 13, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
Carin Luna-Ostaseski is in a rare class of whisk(e)y brand founders: one of the few Hispanic women to found a Scotch brand. She also took an unusual path to start SIA Whisky in starting with a Kickstarter campaign! Oh, and she’s also one of the only 6% of pilots...
by bourbonwomen | Sep 6, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
Perri Kostecki is a barrel inspector for Kentucky Bourbon Barrel. Her job is to inspect used barrels for defects that would prevent them from being used again, often by other industries or even in other countries. Used barrels are a big business, and barrel inspectors...
by bourbonwomen | Aug 30, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
When you think of Southern California you probably think of palm trees and beaches, not whiskey. That’s exactly why Robin Christenson thought it would be a good idea to put a distillery there when she co-Founded Blinking Owl Distillery. BW: What was the moment...
by bourbonwomen | Aug 23, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
Much like the wine industry, distilleries are starting to embrace the study of the terroir and grains that lend their characteristics to the final product. In the agriculture world, the person who studies grains and growing is an agronomist, a growing field in the...
by bourbonwomen | Aug 16, 2021 | Community, Meet The Makers
Brittany Penny is the Founder of The IX Bourbon, pronounced “The Nine,” a project she dreamed up during sleepless nights with her newborn. She wanted to do something that not only honored the “firsts” achieved by African-Americans but also that...
