The second largest distiller of Scotch whisky reported flat global sales during the second half of 2012.
Baussan was just 23 years old when he was sold the old-fashioned distiller as a piece of scrap metal.
Master Distiller for Woodford, Chris Morris adds a few painstaking touches of his own to make this brand sing.
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This week I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Dan Aykroyd, Distiller of Crystal Head Vodka.
The biggest distiller of Scotch whisky, Diageo, has reported strong sales growth in the second half of last year.
Due to the distiller's emphasis on driving premium brands, in the US, Glenlivet single malt was up 21%, while Jameson rose 24%.
Blending is the key to these special expressions, and in this case, master distiller Partick Raguenaud and his team just flat-out nailed out.
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Bryan Davis, a Lleida, Spain distiller who makes the Obsello brand of absinthe, says he's found half a dozen bottles at antique fairs.
Earlier this month, Pernod Ricard - the second largest distiller of Scotch whisky - reported flat global sales for the second half of 2012.
In meetings with the Master Distiller the made some crucial decisions.
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Mr Mallya is also in discussion to sell a stake in United Spirits, an Indian distiller, to global drinks giant Diageo in an attempt to generate cash.
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Their design originated more than a century ago, when Guy Hugh Gilbey, the famous British gin distiller, invented a machine for wealthy people who wanted to enjoy fizzy drinks at home.
It can be made anywhere in the world, and is not as restricted as so many other liquors are making rum a much more varietal opportunity for the distiller and the blender.
The company's plans were announced as Diageo, the biggest distiller of Scotch whisky, reported Scotch sales have been particularly strong in China and south-east Asia during the third quarter of this year.
In 2011, about 40% of U.S. corn crops were diverted to ethanol (a quarter, if we take into account that nutritional content is recycled back into feeds for animals in the form of distiller grains).
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"This is actually bringing alcoholic beverages into the modern era, " says Guy Smith, an executive vice president at Diageo, the world's largest distiller and maker of such well-known brands as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Jose Cuervo and Tanqueray.
Since then, Akyroyd has proved himself a true renaissance man with talents not only as an Actor, but as a Producer, Radio Personality, Restaurateur (House of Blues), Wine Maker, and now as distiller of Crystal Head Vodka.
Buffalo Trace's bourbons have gained a reputation as works of art--complex drinks that show the hand of the distiller and taste like the work of a dedicated craftsman, rather than just a bottle of mass-produced, committee-designed drek.
The industry's dominant global player, Diageo, is already at an advantage for the opening up of the market, with its recent distress sale purchase of a controlling stake in Vijay Mallya's United Spirits, the country's biggest distiller.
It's the distiller's first change in 40 years of running staid black-and-white ads in the U.S. One ad in tall, slender type on deliberately weathered paper declares the Old No. 7 brand to be the same since the Sixties -- the 1860s.
Kentucky-based Buffalo Trace Distillery and master distiller Harlen Wheatley have won countless accolades in the last few years, including Malt Advocate Magazine's 2005 Distillery of the Year, Wine Enthusiast Magazine's 2006 Distiller of the Year and Whisky Magazine's Distiller of the Year--twice in 2005 and 2007.
Although in a quite remote corner of Marion County, it is visited by 50, 000 tourists a year, who not only get to see the production process but are regaled with tales of the outlaws Frank and Jesse James, who had connections with an earlier distiller on the site.
On a more philosophical level, I love the traditions of spirit distillation, and the fact that there are usually rules, like that Scotch can only be made from barley, and rum from sugarcane, whereas vodka can be made from any ingredient in which starch can be converted to sugar, be it potatoes, wheat, rye, grass, corn, soy beans or whatever the distiller finds laying around.
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