Corsair Artisan Distillery specializes in producing hand-crafted, small production, premium spirits. Using traditional copper pot stills, owners Andrew Webber and Darek Bell produce a few cases from each batch. This labor-intensive and costly approach is a throwback to a time when master blenders, not machines created taste and flavor. Within months of opening their first distillery in Bowling Green, KY, Corsair Artisan Gin was awarded a Gold Medal at the prestigious San Francisco Spirit Competition. The distillery continues to garner awards and a second distillery was opened in 2010 in Nashville. Mavericks at heart, Andrew and Darek blend innovative techniques with traditional distillation methods to create unique, artisanal spirits of distinction.

Tasting notes

The pot still’s vapor basket is loaded with ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon and pumpkin, then redistilled to infuse and marry all the flavors. Pumpkin pie in a glass!! Pie spices come forward first followed by the full sweet flavor of the pumpkin and malt whiskey. Great in a Manhattan.

Technical notes

(85º) This unusual white dog whiskey is inspired by pumpkin ales. Malted barley and malted wheat are pot-distilled to make a sweet malt whiskey.