Use These 5 Tips to Market Your Woman-Owned Distillery Right Now!

Craft distilleries owned by women, BIPOC or members of the LGBTQ+ still make up a small subsection of the industry. However, the appeal of these businesses extends way beyond the typical white male spirits drinker. Let’s face it: Women and BIPOC distillery owners face uphill battles on many fronts. For instance: securing business funding. In […]

On September 7, 2022

By Clare Goggin Sivits |

In Distillery, High-Proof Creative, women in distilling

6 Woman-Owned Gin Distilleries to Visit Before the ADI Craft Spirit Conference

This month, the American Distilling Institute kicks off its annual Craft Spirit Conference & Vendor Expo in St. Louis from September 14 through 16. As always, spirits industry pros and experts gather for the event and get all the info they can around craft distilling, liquor innovations, new techniques and updated equipment. The 2022 event […]

On March 17, 2022

By Clare Goggin Sivits |

In Distillery, High-Proof Creative, women in distilling

There Are More Women in Distilling Than You May Think!

The earliest recorded sour mash whiskey recipe was crafted by a woman. In fact, Catherine Spears Frye Carpenter supported her family by raising cattle and distilling spirits in Kentucky during the early 1800s. Back then, society considered distilling “women’s work.” But after the industrial revolution, it became a male-dominated industry. Here in the 2000s, we’re […]

On October 10, 2021

By Clare Goggin Sivits |

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Women In Distilling: Ali and Sam Blatteis of Home Base Spirits

The road to whiskey for Ali and Sam Blatteis took a lot of interesting turns. When they finally arrived, they were ready to throw the door open and make it accessible for everyone. That’s exactly what they’ve done with Home Base Spirits, located in Berkeley, California. The twins from Oakland, California always intended to open […]

On January 18, 2021

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Women in Distilling: Lee Hedgmon

Lee Hedgmon, a distiller at Freeland Spirits, greets me warmly. She’s wearing a mask but I can tell from her eyes that she’s smiling. We’re inside the craft distillery, a gorgeous brick building painted a dark teal color, and she leads me down a narrow hallway, past a sign painted on the wall that reads, […]

On October 1, 2020

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Pomp & Whimsy: Celebrating the Role of Women in the Spirits Industry

“Women were drinking gin, they were making it, they were selling it, and they were consuming it, not in saloon bars but in the back of convenience stores and marketplaces and in their homes.,” Dr. Nicola Nice tells me over the phone. “That intrigued me as it indicated that this is a spirit that’s always […]

On September 20, 2020

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From KPU University to YouTube, Miss Brewbird, Documents Life at the Distillery

We first found Canadian distiller, Miss Brewbird, documenting production and daily life as a distiller on YouTube. Currently in a new position at the Welsh Wind is nestled in Cardigan Bay after distilling at The Borders Distillery in Scotland, she didn’t always know she wanted to be in the distilling industry. What made you want […]