The Cooler

08/08/17 • 60 min

We interview Jason Barrett from Black Button Distillery about his big new project, distillery experiments and special production processes for some of their unique product lineup. We also dive into a technical topic: calculating cooling needs in a distillery.

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You're listening to Distilling Craft Episode (5). Today, we're talking with Jason Barrett, the founder and distiller from Black Button Distillery in Rochester, New York. We're going to talk with him about the variety and the new directions of his business

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model. Later, our radiogenic part-time Distiller- DJ talks with Jason about the history of the Black Button name, developing their product line,