![Making Distilling Legal in Chicago (& Illinois) [Clip from Episode #118 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Making-Distilling-Legal-in-Chicago-featuring-Dr.-Sonat-Birnecker-Hart-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-clip-from-episode-118-600x338.png)
Making Distilling Legal in Chicago (& Illinois) [Clip from Episode #118 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
In this video clip from the 118th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart shares how she worked with her Chicago and Illinois legislators to pave the legal path for KOVAL Distillery to open:
![KOVAL Distillery, featuring Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode 118]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Koval-Distillery-featuring-Dr.-Sonat-Birnecker-Hart-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-118-600x338.png)
KOVAL Distillery, featuring Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode 118]
Introduction I was surprised to hear in the course of the 118th episode that there were fewer than 45 distilleries in the US just a decade and a half ago when the founders of KOVAL Distillery sought to enter into business(!). In talking with one of the co-founders, Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart, I was impressed […]
Golden Moon Distillery Adds Kosher Certification to Most Products
As of last week, Golden Moon Distillery has now added almost all of its products to being certified as kosher. While many of Golden Moon Distillery’s whiskey products were already under the certification of Earth Kosher, they have now added almost all of the rest of their products to kosher-certification. According to Stephen Gould, the […]
Jews in American Distilling History
Despite what we may think about distilling in America, in general, and Bourbon, in particular, Jews have been involved in significant ways in American distilling history. The focus of the 88th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is exactly that: Jews in American distilling history. The featured guest to discuss this topic is Maggie Kimberl, who […]
New Kosher Beverage Resources
Four new resources have been launched to help kosher-concerned consumers consider kosher drinks. Specifically, these pages are on beer wine whiskey whiskey aged in containers that previously held gentile wine (e.g. Scotch in Sherry casks) While these resources are still quite new, I welcome any feedback, suggestions, questions, or more at Drew [at] JewishDrinking.com.
Distilling & Beer in Israel During the Pandemic – Clips From Episode #79
In case you were curious about checking out the recent episode of The Jewish Drinking Show on Pandemic Pivoting in Israel with Joel Haber, here are a couple of video clips from the episode:
Distilleries Selling Their Hametz
Introduction For the 65th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Chaim Litvin returns to the show to discuss distilleries selling their chametz for Passover. Guest Bio Rabbi Litvin is a Chabad rabbi based out of Louisville, Kentucky. Rabbi Litvin provides kosher supervision to distilleries in Kentucky, and received the moniker “Bourbon Rabbi” from this […]
![Why High-Rye for New Riff Distilling? [Video Clip]](http://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/New-Riff-and-rye-2-600x338.png)
Why High-Rye for New Riff Distilling? [Video Clip]
In the clip below from this week’s episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Mollie Lewis of New Riff Distilling shares how New Riff went with a high-rye mash bill:
New Riff Distilling
The 54th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is now out, featuring Mollie Lewis, the sales director for New Riff Distilling, in which we discuss New Riff Distilling🥃🥃🥃 Video: Audio: And here is a clip from the episode, on selling chametz for Passover:
Selling Chametz as a Kentucky Distillery
In this video clip from tomorrow’s episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Mollie Lewis, the sales director for New Riff Distilling shares about the company’s selling their chametz for Passover: