Craft Brewing and Distilling News for June 8, 2015
June 8, 2015•Washington, D.C.-based One Eight Distilling is introducing a new offering this month, Ivy City Gin. Retailing around $37 a bottle, the American dry gin is made from locally-sourced grains, including 63% rye, 26% corn and 11% malted rye, the company says. One Eight’s Ivy City Gin will be available at the distillery and both on- and off-premise around Washington, D.C. The company is donating $1 from every bottle sold to Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C. One Eight Distilling also produces Rock Creek Whiskey and District Made Vodka.
•Bend, Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery has hired 30-year beer industry veteran Karl Ockert as director of brewery operations, effective August 3. Ockert previously served 20 years at Bridgeport Brewing Company and was most recently an independent consulting brewmaster and technical director for the Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA). Deschutes’ portfolio of craft beers is currently available in 28 states and the District of Columbia.
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