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Drew Black - Circle City Whiskey | Building an American Independent Bottler, Sourcing, Blending, Transparency & Why He Doesn't Want to Distill
Sep 7, 202655 minS0
<p>Drew Black built Circle City Whiskey from the perspective of a whiskey enthusiast first.</p><p>Before Circle City, Drew ran a large Indianapolis whiskey club focused on barrel selections. That eventually led to private-label releases, a launch that briefly outsold Tito's at one of Indiana's largest liquor chains, and ultimately the idea of bringing the Scotch independent bottler model to American whiskey.</p><p>We talk about why sourcing became a dirty word in American whiskey, why Drew believes great whiskey at a fair price matters more than where the still is located, and how Circle City approaches...
