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Made in Maryland: Metro Baltimore’s craft spirits
Jaime Windon remembers working around the clock four years ago to open what would be Maryland’s second distillery, Lyon Distilling Company, on the Eastern Shore town of St. Michaels.
Today, Lyon flourishes along with 17 other fully licensed spirits’ makers in the state, and another dozen or so in the planning stages, says the president of the Maryland Distillers Guild. These companies make gin, whiskey, vodka, brandy, rum and liqueurs.
Recent changes in Maryland laws have made it easier for distillery owners to reach their customers at farmers’ markets and festivals. Consumers’ commitment to local sourcing has also spurred a tourism boom locally and at distilleries around the country. Nationally, there are more than 1,300 craft distillers that pull in $2.4 billion in retail sales, according to the American Crafts Spirits Association. Restaurants that want to showcase local spirits in their cocktails bring in additional revenue.
Springfield Manor Lavender Gin Review by The Gin Is In
Springfield Manor Lavender Gin | The Gin Is In
5/5 STARS
Distillery: Springfield Manor Winery and Distillery
ABV: 45%
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Date Reviewed: June 4, 2017
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Springfield Manor is both a winery and distillery. What you might not realize is that it’s also a lavender farm.
The manor has 2,500 plantings of lavender which span many cultivars including both English and French Lavender. The former which is used in their Springfield Manor Lavender Gin.
You might expect that a distillery that also maintains a lavender farm, may have some expertise in how to handle to delicate herb. You’d be right. Springfield Manor Lavender Gin adds their lavender via post-distillation maceration, resulting in a delicate lemon chiffon hue. But what’s most exceptional is the way that lavender’s distinctive floral, bright aroma is preserved nearly perfectly. Springfield Manor Lavender Gin smells like fresh lavender. Click here to continue reading!
Springfield Manor, Sagamore Spirit Bring Home Awards from San Francisco World Spirits Competition
The 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition results brought a new highlight to Maryland spirits.
Springfield Manor’s Lavender Gin was one of the only 18 U.S. Best of Class winners. They were named Best Flavored Gin in the competition, while also earning a double gold medal. Its Rye Whiskey earned a Bronze.
Sagamore Spirit’s Cask Strength Rye Whiskey earned a double-gold, and its Straight Rye Whiskey brought home a silver medal.
Tobacco Barn Distillery reviving ‘spirited’ tradition
Few people know that Kentucky’s bourbon legacy actually got its start in Maryland.
“If you look at the phone book in Marion County, Kentucky, it looks a lot like the phone book here in St. Mary’s County,” said Scott Sanders, one of the founders of Tobacco Barn Distillery in Hollywood, Md. “A lot of the names are the same.,”
During the Revolutionary War, Sanders said, many Catholic families in Southern Maryland migrated to Kentucky, taking many traditions, including distilling, with them.
Hoping to revive the craft, Sanders and his partners, Dan Dawson and Sean Coogan opened Tobacco Barn Distillery, located on Dawson’s farm, which has been in his family for generations.
The three friends bonded over a passion for good whiskey.
Lyon Whiskey Named as One of “The Best Distilleries in the United States”
Once the state for the world’s best rye, Maryland’s current generation of whiskey makers is still in its infancy. This Chesapeake Bay-area distillery made rum upon opening and now has a 100-proof rye and a single malt.
Remaking Baltimore’s Waterfront, With a Splash of Whiskey
Rising high above the new Sagamore Spirit distillery in South Baltimore is a white water tower with three maroon diamonds on each side, a nod to the jockey silks of the thoroughbred farm that provides the spring water for the company’s rye whiskey.
The distillery, which opened a few weeks ago, is the latest endeavor of the growing business empire of Kevin A. Plank, founder and chief executive of the sportswear company Under Armour. His new enterprises — collectively they are called Plank Industries but nearly all have Sagamore in their names — are reshaping Baltimore’s waterfront and restoring luster to Maryland traditions and landmarks.
From Police Officer to Rum Distiller
Two cops find a moonshine still… It sounds like the setup for a bad joke but that’s the actual backstory of Maryland’s latest craft distillery, Blue Dyer.
While at first blush it might seem like an odd pairing, a background in law enforcement turns out to be extremely helpful in setting up a spirits company.
“Our job beforehand was interpreting massive amount of laws and rules and standard operating procedures, and then applying them,” says Walker Dunbar, an active cop and one of its two founders. “We’re used to reading overly complicated legal writing, and reducing it down. We joke about it regularly—we’re just trading one rule book for another.” Read more
Frederick County Council approves bill to help farm distilleries, breweries, and wineries
Frederick County, Md., is a craft beverage industry leader in the state of Maryland and the Frederick County Council recently approved a bill that would help distilleries, breweries, and wineries in the county.
The Frederick County Council approved the amended bill for farm distilleries and tasting rooms, and limited farm brewery, distillery, and winery tasting rooms on Tuesday.
“This is an opportunity for existing farmers and new farmers to preserve the land, maybe change something what they are doing on their existing farm,” said Tom Barse, Owner of Milkhouse Brewery at Stillpoint Farm, who supported the bill.
Sagamore Spirit debuts its Port Covington distillery
Sagamore Spirit, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank‘s whiskey company, showed off its new distillery along the Patapsco River on Thursday, as the facility prepares to open to the public on Friday.
The Sagamore Spirit Distillery, located at 301 E. Cromwell St., is the first new building in the Port Covington development envisioned by Plank and his private real estate firm, Sagamore Development Co. The project is to include a new headquarters campus for Under Armour as well as offices, residences, stores and recreational amenities such as trails and fields at an estimated total cost of $5.5 billion.
[Read more from the Baltimore Sun]
