252 - Distilling in Memphis: Filling Barrels Ten Feet Off of Beale with Alex Castle of Old Dominick Distillery

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🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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We went on a road trip to check out Old Dominick distillery in Memphis, TN. We’re excited to let Alex Castle, Master Distiller at Old Dominick, share the history behind the brand and how it was resurrected. We learn about her time at Wild Turkey and then dive into their current operations and product lines. If you are in the Memphis area, make Old Dominick one of your must-stops so you can check out their incredible facility. Show Notes: This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about Whiskey from Home. Tell us about your background. Did you grow up around bourbon? Talk about your time at UK. What did you love about working at Alltech? What happened after graduating? What was your role at Wild Turkey? How did you end up at Old Dominick? Did Old Dominick have an initial vision? What are honeybells? How was the transition from Kentucky to Tennessee? Tell us about the history of the distillery. How did you decide to launch with the Memphis Toddy? Talk about the design of the facility. What was your vision for the still? What was the inspiration for your recipes? Tell us about your products and mash bills. Talk about the barrels. Why keep the barrel wood regional? Will it be harder to keep the wood regional as you scale? Talk about the rooster. Tell us more about your gin. What hurdles did you have when opening the distillery? How have you been received in Memphis?

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0:00.0	I was like, St. Dominic, right?
0:03.0	And like, no, no, that was the saint.
0:04.3	And it's like, wait, it's an old Dominic.
0:06.7	Like, it also like a freight line.
0:07.9	And then we passed, and then we passed on it's like,
0:09.6	I was old Dominion, that's what it was.
0:11.3	Yeah. This is episode 252 of Bourbon Pursuit.
0:23.4	I'm one of your host, Kenny, and our Whiskey from Home event is now over.
0:28.0	I must say that it exceeded all of our expectations and went down in the history books
0:32.4	as the first ever worldwide virtual bourbon event.
0:36.6	Thank you to everyone who joined and made it a success.
0:39.3	We loved getting the feedback as well because it looks like we could do a round two in the future.
0:44.3	So here's a breakdown of the numbers. We had over 4,700 registered attendees through Eventbrite,
0:49.3	with over 21,700 total website visits, and our maximum concurrent viewers during the live stream was 1,700, with an average
0:58.2	around 1450, and that's for the entire five and a half hours.
1:02.7	And that means we had a little bit over 11,000 people that dropped in at some point to watch
1:07.7	all or part of it.
1:09.8	So if you want to relive it, you can catch the replays
1:12.1	by going to Bourbon Pursuit on YouTube, subscribe there, and look for the Whiskey from Home
1:16.9	playlist. According to a new survey of 118 craft distillers released by the Distilled Spirits
1:23.0	Council of the United States and the American Distilling Institute, they found that nearly two out
1:28.8	of three craft distilleries worried not only about the long-term survival of their business,
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