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MarkEdwards
06-21-2012, 16:34
That's the title of the article on Gadget Lab today.

Talks about how David Pickerell is helping craft distillers get started. Interesting pictures, and a list of expected startup expenses:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/st_whiskeyexpert/?pid=3367&viewall=true
darylld911
06-21-2012, 18:17
Man, when I saw "DIY" I was hoping it meant something different ;)
tmckenzie
06-22-2012, 03:14
I would not bank on all of those numbers.
MarkEdwards
06-22-2012, 07:24
That's the title of the article on Gadget Lab today.

Talks about how David Pickerell is helping craft distillers get started. Interesting pictures, and a list of expected startup expenses:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/st_whiskeyexpert/?pid=3367&viewall=true

Yeah, me too. I was thinking, "How cool is that? I wonder if it suddenly became legal."
darylld911
06-22-2012, 08:22
Yeah, me too. I was thinking, "How cool is that? I wonder if it suddenly became legal."

With people able to create "craft beers" in their own homes without becoming licensed, I think that legislators need to look at changing the laws of the land. Even with the aging required, I think it would be a lot of fun to try crafting my own bourbon and/or whiskey . . . if it were legal.
StraightNoChaser
06-26-2012, 07:39
The 55-year-old was a master distiller at Maker’s Mark for more than 13 years and now produces WhistlePig rye whiskey

Produces, eh?