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Listen to Hardware Distillery founder Jan Morris describe the start-up of her distillery in Hoodsport, Washington. Learn the in's and out's of starting a distillery from Hardware Distillery's Jan Morris in this interview with Robbin Block on Minding Your Business....
Gin ingredients: fascinating & exotic
Traditional gin ingredients are fascinating and exotic. In nearly all of my gin recipes, the Mediterranean juniper berry is the most important ingredient. The other ingredients have great names, such as sweet flag, grains of paradise, angelica root, and orris root. I...
The Sources of Our Water
One of the main reasons we are starting a distillery in Hoodsport is the water. Good spirits start with good water, and Hoodsport's water is the best. The water for the community comes from wells at the foot of the Olympic Mountains. The source of the Hardware...
Defining Ourselves
As we create our products, I hope that if we ever make something that is merely “good,” that our customers will let us know, and help us stay on our path to creating a whiskey that will define the Pacific Northwest.
A copper pot still from Spain
Purchasing a still for the distillery should not be difficult. But...somehow we are having difficulties. After researching pot stills, The Hardware Distillery ordered a copper pot still from a company in Spain. The order was placed October 30, 2011, with the agreement...
Closing dates have come and gone
We have been expecting to close on the Hardware Store for months. Closing dates have come and gone. The last hurdle is to make sure that the septic is adequate for our purposes. In the meantime the present owner gave us permission to decorate the building, which is in...
Initiative 1183
Last night was the Washington Distillers Guild monthly meeting. It was the first meeting I attended. I wish I had attended an earlier meeting, as it appears there were 50 people in attendance, instead of 8 -10, as the minutes of prior meetings indicate. Last week...