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Barrel-Aged Cocktails…Worth the Wait

What’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys? A barrel full of cocktails! It seems there’s a barrel behind every bar these days as more bartenders experiment with aging cocktails in wooden casks. The...

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Roundhouse Spirits: Thinking Outside the Box

Distiller Ted Palmer can’t imagine doing anything else but making craft spirits in the picturesque city of Boulder, Colorado. He’s become known for thinking outside the box and challenging convention,...

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Corsair Artisan Distillery: Renegade Whiskey Makers

Some distillers revive old traditions; others create new traditions. Corsair Artisan Distillery definitely falls into the latter category. From their Pumpkin Spice Moonshine to Triple Smoke Single Malt...

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Hooch Films’ Series “The Distillers” — Absinthe in America

In 2007, absinthe became legal again in the United States. Craft distillers were among the first to start producing this legendary spirit. Here are three distillers making delicious American absinthe....

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Taste the Grains: Ransom Spirits

A number of craft distillers in the Pacific Northwest have been instrumental in leading the craft spirits movement forward. Among them, Ransom Spirits has helped revive a traditional style of gin and...

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Urban Spirits from New York Distilling Company

It's not easy to set up a distillery in New York City, but the founders of New York Distilling never considered another option. As co-founder Allen Katz said, "we love living here. It's where we work,...

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Big Scotch, Tiny Island: Scotland’s Isle of Islay

There are few places in the world as focused on Scotch as the Isle of Islay off Scotland’s west coast. From giants (in size and flavor) like Laphroaig to the island’s only craft distillery, Kilchoman,...

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Small Business Success from Berkshire Mountain Distillers

In addition to making much-praised whiskey, gin and rum on a small farm in Massachusetts, Berkshire Mountain Distillers also celebrates American small business by partnering with other entrepreneurs in...

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Hidden Gems of Irish Whiskey

Irish whiskey is making a comeback, though you’ll have to look beyond liquor store shelves to find the good stuff. So we went straight to Dublin and asked the experts which bottles they love and which...

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Living The Hooch Life

Here at The Hooch Life, we celebrate the growing number of American craft distillers and their small-batch artisanal products. We celebrate innovative bartenders who influence what we drink and how we...

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