Welcome back, I hope your ready for a great episode. Today we have Brett with Distillery 64. And let's just say this was to old friends catching up, even though we had never met. Hope you enjoy.

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our story

Humble beginnings

Distillery 64 was started in a barn in Harrison Co. Indiana. We made our first batch in a 5 gallon plastic bucket and distilled it in a still made from an old kitchen sink. At the time, Indiana was considering allowing distilleries to function like their brewery and winery counterparts with rights sell directly to the public. We began constructing and licensing a distillery in that barn with plans for it to be a farm distillery open to the public for tastings.

change of plans

The barn space didn’t work out, but we kept our passion alive by continuing to build our distilling knowledge, engineering new equipment, and searching for a new location to house the distillery.

Now

Distillery 64 is now open to the public for tastings, cocktails and well mannered frivolity at our industrial location in New Albany. We look forward to seeing you there.

our beliefs

• Experience.

  Connect our visitors to the craft through education and hands on experiences.

• Generosity.

  Give back to the world around us. Support what is good in this world.

• Community.

  We are part of New Albany, Indiana but also part of broad spectrum of makers, artisans, and tinkerers. We will do our best to share what we have learned to pass it on to other curious minds.

our Spirits

Rum has natural sweetness and vanilla but infusing with toasted oak just makes it better. This spirit drinks like a whiskey. We like to use it in place of whiskey or bourbon in cocktails or on the rocks. It’s especially tasty in a classic Old Fashioned.

Product Class: Rum

Proof: 80 | Alc/Vol: 40%

Packed with citrus flavor! This gin boasts a generous serving of botanicals including fresh lemon and orange peel. Rose petals greet you subtly on the finish to wrap up this amazingly delicious and complex spirit. We recommend using this spirit in citrus forward cocktails, in a gin and tonic, or even on the rocks.

Product Class: Gin

Product Type: Distilled Gin

Proof: 90 | Alc/Vol: 45%

Ryes and Shine is a 20% rye and 80% sugar moonshine mash distilled then married to highly charred oak for a spirit that is equal parts spice, sweet, and smoke.

Product Class: Distilled Spirits Specialty

Proof: 80 | Alc/Vol: 40%

A traditional juniper forward gin. This spirit has just enough flavor to be noticed in any cocktail, but still not overpower. This is lighter compared to most gins with the pine tree flavors at the front but only just enough. This spirit is wonderful in a gin and tonic.

Product Class: Gin

Product Type: Distilled Gin

Proof: 80 | Alc/Vol: 40%

The Rum that started it all and served as the inspiration for all our later creations. A naturally sweet vanilla shines through with a smooth finish. Great on ice or in a cocktail.

Product Class: Rum

Proof: 80 | Alc/Vol: 40%

This vodka drinks smooth but with a satisfying flavor thanks to our charcoal filtering and mellowing process. Distilled through 12 plates our vodka is left to sit on charcoal for 3 days before bottling.

Product Class: Neutral Spirit

Product Type: Vodka

Proof: 80 | Alc/Vol: 40%

Coffee and Rye is the perfect combination of black coffee flavors, a slight touch of smoke, and black pepper rye notes. Finished with in-house charred oak, you will find sweet vanilla notes, classic oak, and dark barrel candy flavors in this spirit. Coffee and Rye is a unique spirit that is bold, smooth, and boasts tons of character. Enjoyed neat, on the rocks, or in a cocktail.

Product Class: Distilled Spirits Specialty

Proof: 80 | Alc/Vol: 40%

Welcome back, On todays show we are expanding our pallets. Amanda Is brining the knowledge and respect to the grain. Such a fun and informative episode and chat.

Also the VDC Cabernet Cask won Gold at San Francisco Spirits Competition. And The release of Blue Ridge Toasted Barrel and LTO Brewer's Coalition Releases with fun beer casks.

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Amanda Beckwith Lead Blender

Amanda helped to develop and now leads the company's sensory and maturation program in addition to overseeing company education and training. She has trained with industry legends, including nosing expert Nancy Fraley, Harry Cockburn, and the late Dr. Jim Swan.

Virginia Distillery Co.

The late Dr. George G. Moore had a great passion for single malt whisky and his adopted home in Virginia. A native Irishman, George came to the U.S. in the 1970’s to seek new opportunities. In 2011, after many years of building successful businesses in both the U.S. and Ireland, George finally had the chance to combine his two passions when he started Virginia Distillery Company. Today, George’s wife, Angela Moore and their son, Gareth Moore, along with his wife, Maggie Moore, have taken the helm to continue building George’s dream.

“Have the courage of your convictions,” was a saying George often repeated to friends and family. His credo became our core principle and the name of our newest American Single Malt whisky line, Courage & Conviction.

From the impeccable quality of the ingredients we source, to the years spent perfecting our maturation process, we make whisky the right way – our way – never sacrificing the best for the easier, safer path.

At Virginia Distillery Company, we carry George’s legacy forward by reinventing American Single Malt whisky. Every barrel is a culmination of the world’s finest distilling, aged to perfection in the ideal climate of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. While inspired by time-honored traditions, we forge traditions of our own- making whisky more than what has been, while remaining true to ourselves and our home.

The result: a whisky that George would’ve been proud of.

Our Process

Step 01

The barley is harvested and malted in the Midwest and shipped to Virginia, where it is stored in two 36-ton malt bins on site at Virginia Distillery Company. The malt is transferred from the bins to the 1920’s Boby Mill to be milled.

Step 02

The Boby Mill, one of a handful in the U.S. splits the grain into three parts and produces the grist, which is combined with water at varying temperatures to start the production of whisky. Yeast is added, producing “wash”, which is similar to an unhopped beer of approximately 8 % alcohol by volume.

Step 03

The wash gets transferred to the first of two copper pot stills to begin distillation. Copper is used because of its ability to conduct heat and remove sulphur-based compounds. These compounds can lead to the whisky having an off-flavor so copper is critical in producing a quality spirit.

Step 04

The copper pot stills at Virginia Distillery Company come from Scotland and were handmade by a specialty fabricator. The shape and height of the still influence the flavors produced in the spirit. The longer the neck, the more refined the spirit.

Step 05

After distillation, the liquid moves through the spirit safe, which allows the distiller to make appropriate cuts between heads, hearts and tails. Ours was created in Scotland in the style of a traditional spirit safe.

Step 06

After making its way through the distillation process, the finished spirit is casked and stored in our cask houses for aging. Virginia’s hot summers and cool winters allow our spirit to age at a rate faster than our counterparts in Scotland. Our main cask houses hold up to 5,000 casks each.