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Barrel Room Chronicles - SOW S2 EP44 Distilling the Cotswolds: The Rebirth of English Whisky

SOW S2 EP44 Distilling the Cotswolds: The Rebirth of English Whisky

06/03/21 • 51 min

Barrel Room Chronicles

This week's guest on Spirits of Whisk(e)y is Daniel Szor, Founder & CEO of The Cotswold Distilling Company, operators of Cotswolds Distillery in Shipston-on-Stour, a small town in Warwickshire, England. Listen and learn how this native New Yorker went from managing currency investments in Paris and London to making exceptional English single malt whiskies, as well as a range of distinctive gins, in the British Midlands. You can even read about his story in Daniel's 2020 autobiography, Spirit Guide: In Search of an Authentic Life. Then work up an appetite with Chef Louise Leonard's suggestions for pairing Cotswolds Dry Gin with Homemade Potato Chips, Lavender-Citrus Crème Fraîche, and Caviar. Enjoy!

Please visit spiritsofwhiskey.com for show notes, past episodes, and coming attractions.

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This week's guest on Spirits of Whisk(e)y is Daniel Szor, Founder & CEO of The Cotswold Distilling Company, operators of Cotswolds Distillery in Shipston-on-Stour, a small town in Warwickshire, England. Listen and learn how this native New Yorker went from managing currency investments in Paris and London to making exceptional English single malt whiskies, as well as a range of distinctive gins, in the British Midlands. You can even read about his story in Daniel's 2020 autobiography, Spirit Guide: In Search of an Authentic Life. Then work up an appetite with Chef Louise Leonard's suggestions for pairing Cotswolds Dry Gin with Homemade Potato Chips, Lavender-Citrus Crème Fraîche, and Caviar. Enjoy!

Please visit spiritsofwhiskey.com for show notes, past episodes, and coming attractions.

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This week's guest on Spirits of Whisk(e)y is Dr. Don Livermore, Master Blender at Hiram Walker & Sons Limited. Located in Windsor, Ontario, just across the Detroit River from Motor City, the historic Hiram Walker & Sons Distillery is Canada's oldest—and North America's largest!—and home to a vast range of spirits and brands, including a distinguished quartet of Canadian whiskies: J.P. Wiser's, Lot No. 40, Pike Creek, and Gooderham & Worts. Listen and learn how "Dr. Don," who this year celebrates his silver anniversary at Hiram Walker, parlayed deep agricultural roots and a knack for science into a quarter-century of innovation and dedication to advancing the craft of Canadian whisky. Then delight to Chef Louise Leonard's suggestions for pairing Hiram Walker's rum barrel-finished Pike Creek 10-Year Canadian Whisky with her take on the classic Puerto Rican Mofongo, featuring fried chicken skin, charred pineapple, and pickled habañero onions.

Please visit spiritsofwhiskey.com for show notes, past episodes, and coming attractions.

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This week's guest on Spirits of Whisk(e)y is Seth Benhaim, Founder & CEO of L.A.'s Infuse Spirits, makers of Broken Barrel Whiskey. Listen and learn how this inveterate entrepreneur went from infusing premium vodka with fresh and dried whole fruit to creating a range of whiskeys that employ broken barrel staves in an oak bill unique to each expression. Plus we catch up on what's new with past guest Matt Hofmann, Master Distiller at Seattle's Westland Distillery, in the first edition of "Whiskey Whereabouts." Then savor Chef Louise Leonard's suggestions for pairing Broken Barrel's Fen Walker, a blend of American whiskeys finished in peated Islay cask and Spanish sherry staves, with Salted Dark Chocolate Bread Pudding topped with Dried Cherries and Whiskey Whipped Cream. Yum!

Please visit www.spiritsofwhiskey.com to for full show notes, past episodes, and coming attractions!

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