This episode features Bill Cox of Pine Tavern Distillery. Bill and his family love to go camping for their vacations. They pack up the campers and check out places on the East Coast. On one of their trips they visited Copper Fox Distillery in Sperryville, Virginia. Later they pondered, “Why is there nothing like this… Keep Reading
This episode features Cheyne Geverd and Fiona Palumbo of Fraktured Sauce. Cheyne characterizes the start Fractured as a mid life crisis event. Cheyne’s father determined that he couldn’t taste food anymore and they started growing hot peppers in the backyard. Spicy food stuck with the family. Fiona grew up in Brazil where her father would… Keep Reading
This episode features Natasha Vitale of Tadmore Distilling Co. “This is passion and the passion gets you through the hard times”. It started with a discovery of bourbon and loving bourbon. Steve and Tasha were high school sweethearts. They continue to do everything together. They took a trip to a liquor store. The bottle of… Keep Reading
This episode features Mark Farrell and Devin Flickinger of Hook and Flask Still Works. 2 friends with a 15 year relationship decided to open a distillery. Devin was home brewing beer and making wine before entering into the world of distilling. They took off doing market research by visiting other distilleries, asking a lot of… Keep Reading
This episode features Amanda Boroughs and Kachnetha Bennett of Tenth Ward Distilling Company. In 2015 Monica Pearce took all of the money that she had and opened a distillery. The next step was to open up a cocktail lounge and tasting room. There is also an event space that is perfect for weddings and celebrations.… Keep Reading
This episode features Brian Dressler and Olga Dressler of Dressler Estate. “An exceptional dry cider made from modern apples is possible. ” It all started in a one bedroom apartment on the Main Line just outside of Philly. Brian needed a hobby and decided to homebrew cider. His roots are in apples. Olga didn’t think that it was a good… Keep Reading
This episode features Petrina DiOrio and Kimberly Triol of Brewsquits. “If it’s not fun then why do it?” Kim and Petrina rescue dogs, foster dogs and take care of military family dogs. They are also home brewers. After brewing up a batch they took their spent grains outside for composting. This time all of the dogs started devouring it. They… Keep Reading
This episode features Ben Wenk of Ploughman Cider “Greetings From Adams County”. Ben’s family has been farming the land here since the 1820’s. After selling produce at a farmers market in Philadelphia, Ben decided to try a Strongbow. It was different. Not sticky sweet like other ciders. He went home and tried making his first batch of cider. From… Keep Reading
This episode features Yianni Barakos of Mason Dixon Distillery. Yianni was 11 years old, when his grandfather shared how to make Tsipouro, which is Greek Moonshine, that is made from grapes. He took Welch’s Grape Juice and bread yeast and fired up the rudimentary still. Thankfully he didn’t burn the house down but a passion for making sensational… Keep Reading
Hammonton New Jersey is the blueberry capital of the world. Just off of the Atlantic City Expressway and halfway between Philly and Atlantic City this berry meca is producing some first class beer. You can reach it by NJ transit if you prefer not to drive. Everything is within walking distance and most certainly worth… Keep Reading
