The American Distilling Institute's Craft Spirit Competition winners have been announced, we were awarded a silver medal for our Bartlett Pear for "Best in Category for Pear Eau de Vie"....
We've been working on some new small batch whiskies- a chocolate rye, an extra special malt, more rye, more oat and a project underway with Commons Brewery. The current release is Barrel 11, a 100%...
A short travelogue of a winter trip to EZ Orchards in the Salem area. Traveled 99E through a landscape recently soaked by days of rain. The Willamette was surging through the falls at Oregon City....
We walked down to open this Friday- sledding part of the way down Henry Street. There was a fire, a box of handwarmers, and half the neighborhood sliding and inner-tubing down the street as they...
Over the holidays, we've visited family in Woodstock, New York. The snow came and went, and the stream flowing gently over bluestone ledges became a rager.One of the local restaurants (Joshuas) had a tasty set...
We've bottled the first 10 cases (there are probably a few more to go) of the Nocino. It is more green this year, befitting the green walnuts harvested on SE Ogden & Woodstock Streets in...
While on a recent business trip to Baltimore, I had occasion to visit a great cocktail bar called the B & O American Brasserie. Brendan Dorr is the master mixologist in the house. One of...