Mar 29, 2018
142 - The Man Behind 100 Distilleries, Dave Pickerell
Dave Pickerell is well known in the bourbon world, he was former master distiller at Maker’s Mark and owns a consulting business, Oak View Spirits, where he has designed equipment, systems and processes for about 100 distilleries worldwide including WhistlePig, Hillrock, Corsair, and many others. This episode dives into to the distilleries themselves, the pricing behind Boss Hog, and questions we would want to know from a master distiller like grain sourcing.
Show Notes:
As usual, lets start from the beginning. Do you remember your introduction into whiskey or bourbon?
Did you think chemical engineering would lead to spirits?
First off, do you get tired of talking about your past at Makers?
Do you think Maker’s put you on the map?
Do people still ask you to sign Maker’s stuff?
It seems that consulting is becoming a pretty big business because there’s the likes of you, Jim Rutledge, Nancy Fraley, Greg Metze, and the list goes on. Is there that much demand?
Are you traini…