A Few of Our Favorite Things: Raising a Glass to Spirits
Posted July 9, 2019 by Brightly creative.
June was a BUSY month for Team Brightly. We went from Providence, RI > New Orleans, LA > Bend, OR > Kent, WA > ITALY > Cincinnati, OH > Springfield, IL > San Diego, CA and probably some more in between. We can’t keep track anymore. But this month, we
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Distillery Tours: What I Learned from Jack Daniel’s Distillery
Posted April 30, 2019 by Alison Conklin
We work pretty heavily in the spirits industry, so I have been on my fair share of distillery tours. And you tend to see a lot of the same stuff: copper equipment, bearded tour guides and an overuse of rustic wood and exposed brick that screams you’re modern. Unless you
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5 Takeaways from the Craft Spirits Conference
Posted March 26, 2019 by Keith Seiz
I’d normally welcome two consecutive weeks in Denver, but after experiencing the bomb cyclone snow storm, I was dreading heading back to the Mile High City just three days after said snowstorm forced me to drive home 13 hours from Denver to St. Louis. But, the American Distiller’s Institute was
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You’ve Won a Medal, Now What?
Posted February 26, 2019 by Alison Conklin
You submitted your beer or spirit to a competition. You’ve shipped your product. You wait in anticipation for the results. And, when they finally come, you’ve won a medal! Now what? It takes real investment (literally and figuratively) to enter a beer or spirits competition. And that’s not factoring the
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How Botanical Trends Will Impact Your Next Gin Martini
Posted January 22, 2019 by Keith Seiz
In the December issue of Prepared Foods magazine, “botanicals” were pegged as a top trend. It makes sense. Consumers are trying to eat healthier, and for years, healthy food has been branded, rightly or wrongly, as flavorless. Unlike sugar, botanicals have the ability to bring flavor to food while still
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Distilled Spirit Trends in 2019: Growth, White Whales and Expensive Distillates
Posted December 12, 2018 by Keith Seiz
If I had the money to invest in a brewery, distillery or winery, I would throw all-in on the distillery. The craft spirits market is still in its infancy and all demographics point positively toward spirits being the preferred alcoholic beverage for the generations that matter most. I took a
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