Meet the Makers
Meet The Makers: Rex Whiskey CEO Chaunci King
Chaunci King is the Founder and CEO of Royalty Spirits, which includes a line of CBD cocktail mixers, Miru Vodka, and Rex Whiskey, a rye whiskey aged in Bordeaux and Burgundy wine barrels from the Pacific Northwest. She can best be described as a "serial...
Meet The Makers: Tropical Distillers Master Distiller Devin Walden
From a job at Woodford Reserve to becoming Master Distiller of Tropical Distillers in Miami, Florida, Devin Walden has yet to become a household name but she's well on her way. BW: Your career has ranged from bartending to bottling to sales to production. How has this...
Meet The Makers: Pinhook CEO Alice Peterson
Pinhook Whiskey releases whiskeys in "crops" each year, so you never get the same whiskey twice. It's released when it is deemed ready, and one of the revolutionary ways the brand has found to connect with its fanbase is a text-to-buy option. We recently caught up...
Meet The Makers: Koval Founder Sonat Birnecker Hart
Koval Distillery is a Kosher-certified distillery in northern Chicago founded by two former university professors from the Washington DC area. Koval is Yiddish for "black sheep," a reminder of the Jewish side of the family. Meet Koval Founder Sonat Birnecker Hart and...
Meet The Makers: Jeptha Creed Production Supervisor And Procurement Specialist Alicia Burton
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...
Meet The Makers: SIA Scotch Founder Carin Luna-Ostaseski
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 in...
Meet The Makers: Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Inspector Perri Kostecki
Barrel inspectors ensure barrels can be resold and reused without issue. Meet Kentucky Bourbon Barrel inspector Perri Kostecki.
Meet The Makers: Blinking Owl Distillery Co-Founder Robin Christenson
Meet Blinking Owl Distillery Co-Founder Robin Christenson, whose vision included setting up a distillery in Southern California.
Meet The Makers: Waterford Distillery Agronomist Grace O’Reilly
An agronomist is a handy person to have on staff at a distillery, and Grace O’Reilly of Waterford Distillery in Ireland is up to the task!
Meet The Makers: The IX Bourbon Founder Brittany Penny
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 would rise above the...