The Whiskey Lore® Podcast - Cherry Farm to Glass: Embracing Michigan's Heritage in a Whiskey with Chris of Traverse City Whiskey Co - Whisky Flight 29

Cherry Farm to Glass: Embracing Michigan's Heritage in a Whiskey with Chris of Traverse City Whiskey Co - Whisky Flight 29

09/09/24 • 33 min

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The Whiskey Lore® Podcast

Traverse City Whiskey Co (Traverse City, Michigan) WF0029

Way back in 2019 I was in my favorite Tennessee whiskey shop when I saw a bottle I'd heard about but hadn't seen in the wild. It was a bottle of XXX Traverse City Straight Bourbon Whiskey. I bought it and really enjoyed the flavor and the idea I was sipping something from the state I was born in.

Today, Traverse City is growing the spirits its making and focusing on the local cherry scene. Join me as I chat with Chris Fredrickson, co-founder of Traverse City Whiskey Company, meet the company dog, and get a sense of what's to come.

Extended tasting audio available on Patreon version at patreon.com/whiskeylore

Traverse City Whiskey Co (Traverse City, Michigan) WF0029

Extended tasting audio available on Patreon version at patreon.com/whiskeylore

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From Michigan's Craft Origins: Talking Early Days and Creative Spirits with Kent from Grand Traverse - Whisky Flight 28

Grand Traverse Distillery (Traverse City, MI) WF0028

When I started this journey to Michigan, I have to say, I knew very little about the distilling history of my birth state. Come to find out, this modern craft boom might just be the very start of its reputation in the world of fine spirits. And one of the first to fire up a still was Kent Rabish. Inspired by a trip to Oregon and his grandfather's still, hear the story of the early days of Michigan distilling, the thought process that goes into building a distillery, and why Grand Traverse is big in Michigan, but not really too far outside of it.

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Making History: The Return of Rosen Rye to Michigan's South Manitou Island with Collin of Mammoth Distilling - Whisky Flight 30

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Mammoth Distilling Co (Bellaire, MI) WF0030

A big thank you to Mammoth for inviting me to South Manitou Island for the Rosen Rye project. What an amazing experience. You'll hear about some of it in this episode with my guest, farmer, brewer, and distiller Collin Gaudard. He'll talk about how Rosen Rye got to America, how popular it was, how it went away, and how we got it back.

Also during this episode, we'll go back to the gangster era and hear how a little Tennessee town earned a nickname worthy of the most famous gangster.

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