by Jeff Maisey | Dec 23, 2018 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
(Kara King gazes out to a bright future for craft spirits in Virginia.) Photo courtesy of Ironclad Distillery Co. By Jim Roberts By all measures, the spirits industry in Virginia is booming. While the number of distilleries grew 19 percent from 2016 to 2017, sales...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 27, 2017 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
By Jim Roberts “Hogmanay” is the celebration of the new year in Scotland, so it makes pearfect sense that whisky, the national drink, plays a prominent role in the festivities. “Wherever you go,” Angus MacRaild wrote on ScotchWhisky.com last New Year’s Eve,...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 11, 2017 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
By Jim Roberts The last time Veer Magazine spoke with Andrew Shand, it was April 2015, when he was helping Virginia Distillery Co. start producing its own single malt whiskey in Lovingston, about 35 miles south of Charlottesville. Later that year, Virginia Distillery...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 18, 2017 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
By Marisa Marsey Gucci, Ferrari, Lamborghini. To such sigh-inducing, lavish lifestyle names, Robert Dozier Jr., aims to add Néktar. And why not? While his business is based here in Hampton Roads, his ultra-premium, 100% natural liqueur comes from Italy, too. “Italy...
by Jeff Maisey | May 14, 2017 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
By Jim Roberts Dead Reckoning Distillery draws its name from the method of navigation sailors use as a last resort. “It can be said that this method is about trusting your instincts,” the distillery’s website explains. “About trusting your gut.” It has probably...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 28, 2016 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
By Jim Roberts Owen and Kara King delivered the first 60 cases of Ironclad Distillery Co.’s small-batch bourbon to Virginia’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in October. “As we unloaded it and took it in to their big warehouse, we’re both getting misty-eyed,”...
