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This week on The Speakeasy, Damon chats with Michael Kinstliek, CEO of Coppersea Distilling. Michael talks about the rise of craft distilling in New York and the country at large and discusses how distillers have followed the model that craft breweries created in the marketplace. Learn what challenges craft distillers are faced with and how specialty distribution is starting to develop across the nation. Find out what factors make or brake small brands and how packaging, price points and quality all contribute to success. Check out CopperseaDistilling.com for more information.This program was sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
"In 2000 there were 25 craft distilleries and now we're up to about 250 firms in the craft distillery market."
"A lot of folks enter the market with a product first attitude over marketing and branding, and the market is fluid enough now that that's not such a bad strategy!"
--Michael Kinstliek, CEO of Coppersea Distilling on The Speakeasy
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Craft Distilleries (16:00)
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craft distilling, craft brewing, business models, New York distilleries, craft spirits, distribution, sales, production, niche markets, self distribution, do it yourself, artisanal movement, small scale production, product alignment, packaging, price points, heritage distilling, cocktail culture,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/21/2011 04:00PM
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On the year-end episode of The Speakeasy, Damon Boelte is joined by Allen Katz and Nate Dumas, partners in the New York Distilling Company. Tune in to hear how the distillery went from fantasy to reality and what the guys have in store for 2012. Find out how they are re-imagining gin and trying to introduce some fresh idea into the world of spirits. Learn more about The Shanty, a bar inside of the distillery, and listen in as the guys taste some gin on-air. This episode was sponsored by Heritage Foods USA.
"People are now starting to accept the fact that bartenders take their job seriously"
--Allen Katz on The Speakeasy
"We're not setting out to open another classic cocktail bar...I want people to feel completely comfortable coming in to order a beer and a shot"
--Nate Dumas on The Speakeasy
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The Speakeasy: New York Distilling Company (20:24)
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Damon Boelte, The Speakeasy, Heritage Radio Network, New York Distilling Company, Allen Katz, Director of Mixology & Spirits Education, Southern Wine & Spirits, Slow Food, Nate Dumas, bartending, gin, British Royal Navy, punch, rum, distilleries, distillery tax, boutique distilleries, rye whiskey, The Shanty,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/20/2011 03:00PM
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This week U Look Hungry gets drunk on moonshine, or, rather, drunk on talking about moonshine. Host Helen Hollyman (alliteration anyone?) is joined by Colin Spoelman of Brooklyn's own Kings County Distillery who talks about the colorful history of illegally making spirits here in New York and the renaissance that craft distilling is now enjoying. Learn what exactly separates moonshine from other grain spirits, the importance of distilling equipment and barreling, and how some so-called "small batch" distilleries aren't what they seem. The episode is sponsored by Hearst Ranch.
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Moonshine History (16:10)
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U Look Hungry, Kings County Distillery, The Bootlegger, moonshine, making moonshine, distilling alcohol, Kentucky, cultural moonshine, FBI, ATF, whiskey, illegally made spirit, American Distilling Institute, The Fingerlakes, Union Square Farmer's Market, spent grain, how to make whiskey, sustainability,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
