American Craft Spirits Association

In 2015, Brown-Forman acknowledged what had been an open secret around Lynchburg, Tennessee for generations – that Jack Daniel’s distilling mentor was Nathan “Nearest” Green,… Read More

Around 6,000 people combined last Monday’s total solar eclipse with whiskey – watching the celestial spectacle from the fields around MB Roland Distillery in Pembroke,… Read More

June 23, 2017 – The annual budget battle between the White House and Capitol Hill is escalating to a new level this summer as the… Read More

For years, whisky connoisseurs whispered about a mysterious Irish whiskey called Green Spot and begged friends traveling to Ireland to track down a bottle for… Read More

Camden, New Jersey has a long manufacturing heritage dating back decades, but the city’s glory days ended decades ago – leaving behind empty buildings, crime,… Read More

April 25, 2016 – FEW Spirits founder Paul Hletko has been appointed as president of the American Craft Spirits Association’s board of directors. His appointment… Read More

A lot of trends come out of Portland, Oregon…and while the craft distilling movement didn’t originate there, Portland’s House Spirits helped jump-start the industry when… Read More

For the second straight year, a Texas whiskey has won Best in Show honors at the American Craft Spirits Association competition. San Antonio’s Ranger Creek Brewing… Read More

February 19, 2015 – San Antonio’s Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling took top honors in the American Craft Spirits Association’s second annual spirits judging, with… Read More