Behind The Still Behind the Still

Normally we introduce our guests as Master Distillers, Presidents, or Founders. Today's guests are all of those things, but in this podcast, they're representing all the Master Distillers, Presidents, and Founders for the great state of Florida. 

Todays guests are Matt Allen- Founder of Dark Door Spirits, and David Cohen- Head Distiller and President for Manifest Distilling. Both of them serve the Florida Craft Spirits Association. 

The Florida Craft Spirits Association (FCSA), was established to serve as the voice for the Florida handcrafted distilled spirits industry. The goals of the FCSA are to grow our community, represent our views and interests before policymakers and promote awareness of our industry across the State of Florida. 

Florida Bastard Whiskey- A whiskey that was created amongst distilleries across Florida. Sourcing entirely from 8 Florida Craft Distilleries. This podcast discusses the importance of the FCSA, and while competition is still alive and well the distillers that come together to support one another is the driving force to create more competition which pushes everyone further to make the state a force to reckon with for years to come! 

You can buy Florida Bastard ONLY at Florida Bastard Whiskey – RackHouse & Drink With Us (rackhousewhiskeyclub.com)
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Based in Tampa, Florida Dark Door Spirits was started with motivation and innovation in mind. This team loves to experiment with new ideas and has the facility to pull it off. Using unique aging techniques Dark Door is able to bring products to market that wins awards and competes with the name brands. As the Dark Door team says "knock if you dare because there are a group of amazing people on the other side." 

Dark Door and RackHouse Whiskey Club is excited to bring the first ever barrel pick to the RackHouse Whiskey Club subscribers. Make sure to go to rackhousewhiskeyclub.com to try today! 
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Ryan Thompson, owner of 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirits Company joins the podcast to talk about winning the 2021 Craft Distillery of the Year Award presented by RackHouse Whiskey Club.
 

The award was voted on by the public with categories set by the team at RackHouse Whiskey Club which aims to award distilleries by more than just a taste profile.

In 2014, the 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirit Company launched turning Rocky Mountain snowmelt into bourbon and rye to honor the soldiers’ valor and the mountain lifestyle they represented. 
Based in the heart of the Rockies in Gypsum, Colorado, and with a tasting room in Vail, 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirit Company is Colorado’s premier distillery, crafting spirits from locally sourced ingredients. The distillery’s aim is to represent the best of the mountains and to bring people together. Not only are their products a tribute to the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division, it’s also a salute to those that share a passion for the mountain lifestyle. 
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Have you ever wondered why whiskey is aged in oak wooden barrels? It’s not originally because of the flavor. An Ohio distillery contends it was simply because barrels were the storage device of the day. The flavor the whiskey got was merely a consequence. Cleveland Whiskey, believes it's a technology company first and distillery second. We sat down with Tom Lix, founder and CEO of Cleveland Whiskey to learn more about the award winning whiskey they're making. 



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The unsinkable Molly Brown is now a whiskey distillery in the heart of Denver, Colorado. This distillery has taken the term "hand-crafted" to a new level entirely. Most distilleries purchase equipment from manufacturers. At Molly Brown Distillery with the help of the team and a degree in chemical engineering, Head Distiller Justin Lee engineered the entire distillery with his own hands.  This is the story behind Molly Brown Spirits. 
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This episode we travel to Spring Grove, Minnesota to visit a former Navy fighter pilot turned farmer and distiller.  It’s not often you meet an organic farmer with a story as interesting as Christian Myrah’s. He went from flying fighter jets for the US Navy to driving tractors in small town Minnesota. And for the last five years or so, he’s been turning his farm produce into whiskey. Award winning at that.  
“Tractor’s don’t go as fast as F-18s but the lifestyle is pretty good,”

The distillery is two miles away from where Christian grows the organic grains. It’s also down the road from the oldest water powered mill in Minnesota, Schech Mill, which still uses the original stones imported from France. The mill has been in operation since 1876 and for the last several years has been grinding Christian’s grains.

RockFilter Distillery featured whiskey in RackHouse Whiskey Clubs box:
- Experimental Test Acre Series
- Rail Splitter Whiskey (named after Christians great grandfather who split 10,000 fence posts for a penny each...more on that in the podcast)

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