Welcome to the 112th issue of
Craft Spirits Weekly
, a service dedicated to bringing you the news most important to the craft spirits distiller. Check your inbox every Thursday to find a curated selection of articles and news pieces from the American Craft Spirits Association.
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Texas Beer Distributor Silver Eagle Adds Craft Spirits to Portfolio
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Silver Eagle Distributors, the local distributor of a wide-portfolio of beverages in the greater Houston and San Antonio regions, has added a new category of products to its portfolio with the introduction of craft spirits. (BevNet)
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Non-Profit Seeks to Connect African-American Drinkers with Distilleries
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In his Lexington office, Robert Beatty pulls up a spreadsheet filled with names and contact information. “We just did a roster update, and we’re sitting over 55 members currently,” Beatty said. “So we are really excited about that.” That’s 55 active members of the newly-formed Kentucky Black Bourbon Guild, a nonprofit Beatty founded about three months ago. According to Beatty, since its creation, bourbon—despite going by the moniker “America’s Native Spirit”—has historically ignored consumers of color. He hopes the Guild will bridge the gap between bourbon distillers and black drinkers. (89.3 WFPL)
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Regulatory Headaches Threaten Craft Distillers' Growth in NYC
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Almost a decade ago, Van Brunt Stillhouse opened on a quiet corner in Red Hook, joining a small crop of craft distilleries that, for the first time in decades, began making spirits in the city.
That growth is mirrored across a once-fledgling industry that has proliferated both in the city and upstate. But in the five boroughs, the buzz is now fading—and a headache is coming on. The gains, which have been touted by the Cuomo administration, have drawn unwanted scrutiny from a host of city agencies, including the Department of Buildings and the Fire Department, snaring some distillers in a web of regulations, violations and bureaucracy that has threatened to stifle the industry's expansion. (Crain’s New York Business)
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UNBEATABLE DEAL:
Complimentary Registration to Florida Safety Class
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With just a week left before our first regional education program of 2019, we're offering a special deal for registrants: If you book your room at the
Hyatt Place Orlando/Lake Buena Vista
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you'll get a complimentary registration to the two-day education program on March 7 and 8, 2019. This program is presented by Industrial Safety & Training Services, which provides strategic safety and consulting services to chemical, petrochemical, education, public emergency responders, power generation, construction, distillery, automotive, warehousing, hospital, environmental, maritime, gas drilling, transportation, other commercial and industrial clients across the US.
Topics covered will include:
- Introduction to OSHA
- Record keeping (injury and illness)
- Differences between first aid/OSHA recordable
- Requirements of written policies (what OSHA expects)
- Hazard recognition
- Elements of a safety management program
- Regulatory training requirements
- Auditing and assessment skills
- General OSHA compliance
Here is what past registrants in Ohio, during the June 2018 program, are saying about Distillery Safety Management 101:
- “I thought it was exceptionally well done and I learned a lot, coming back inspired, invigorated, and ready to make our workplace safer and more compliant. ISTS did an amazing job, I really can’t say enough.”
- “I thought the training was extremely useful and I’d recommend it, along with any other ACSA seminar to anyone.”
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Kentucky Distillers Unhappy with Exclusion from Wine Delivery Bill
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Those at the Kentucky Distillers’ Association would probably tell you a lot of things are better with bourbon, but it’s not just barbecue sauce and bourbon balls. Now, they want to see a shot of the spirit included in Senate Bill 99. Distillers said they feel left out of a bill that would allow wineries to ship online and electronic orders straight to your door.
KDA leadership said current language doesn't allow bourbon producers to do the same thing. (KFVS Channel 12)
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Your Input Needed: 2019 Craft Spirits Data Project
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It's time once again for the Craft Spirits Data Project to query you on the economics of the industry. The Craft Spirits Data Project, which ACSA conducts in conjunction with Park Street and the IWSR, provides the industry's most detailed picture of the size, scope, growth trajectory and economic contributions of the craft distilling industry. This information will be critical as we continue our fight to keep the reduction in the Federal Excise Tax.
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Farm-to-Table Distillery Coming to Oceanside, California
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A new distillery and restaurant with farm-to-table and grain-to-glass sensibilities for its food and drink is coming to Oceanside this spring. Pacific Coast Spirits's proprietor and head distiller Nicholas Hammond, who previously spent a decade working in the wine industry in Northern California, says his search for a venue took him all over North County before landing on South Coast Highway in Oceanside, where two-thirds of the 12,000-square-foot space will be dedicated to the distillery’s production and barrel housing. (Eater San Diego)
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Maryland Rye Makes a Comeback
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Maryland was once a whiskey distilling powerhouse, surpassed among the states only by Kentucky and Pennsylvania. It produced 5.6 million gallons in 1911, its pre-Prohibition high point—most of it rye, supposedly made in a distinctive style that was readily recognized from the Midwest to Manhattan. But the distilleries, and the style, disappeared after World War II and the consolidation of the whiskey industry in Kentucky. Now, with rye sales growing at double-digit rates, a new generation of distillers sees an opportunity to put Maryland whiskey back on the map. (NY Times)
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Buffalo's Tommyrotter Distillery Builds Senior Sales Team in Northeast
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Tommyrotter Distillery, Buffalo, New York’s fast growing distiller and producer of gins, whiskeys and vodka continues the build-out of its northeast sales team. (BevNet)
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Kentucky's Jeptha Creed Fills 1,000th Bloody Butcher's Creed Barrel
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Jeptha Creed owner and master distiller, Joyce Nethery, announced that the distillery recently filled its 1,000th 53-gallon barrel of bourbon. The highly anticipated bourbon is set to release this summer and Nethery could not be more excited. (BevNet)
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Former Massachusetts Nail Factory Could House a Distillery
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A developer and architectural team from New Jersey toured Tremont Nail Factory in Wareham, Massachusetts and expressed interest in using a building on site for a distillery/brewery/entertainment site, said Planning Director Ken Buckland Tuesday. (Wicked Local)
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