There’s a surging demand for whiskey in the world, and Tom Lix has found a way to age whiskey in just 24 hours. Traditionally it takes years to age a barrel, and traditionalists are up in arms over Lix’s new product. He tells us about his company, why the industry […]
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There are millions of people in the People’s Republic of China who need a good, stiff drink right about now, and Tom Lix, chief executive officer of Cleveland Whiskey, aims to give it to them. The question is when. With Black Monday’s rout on the Shanghai Composite Index erasing all […]
On Thursday, August 6th CNBC published the article “Tech that produces more whiskey faster” featuring Cleveland Whiskey
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Everyone knows the secret to great whiskey is long, slow aging in oak barrels tucked away in cellars and warehouses for a decades-long nap. Or is it? Recently, some distillers have been taking shortcuts, using technology to mimic the effects of long aging — and prompting […]
On March 18, 2015, President Obama traveled to Cleveland, Ohio where he toured MAGNET’s Manufacturing Innovation Center at Cleveland State University, the Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership affiliate. He also took a tour of our distillery.
By John Grossman A day before Cleveland Whiskey’s March 1 debut in its home city, Inc. put it to a blind taste test not far from the magazine’s Lower Manhattan offices. Location: A private downstairs room at the Brandy Library, an elegant Tribeca watering hole for serious whiskey sippers. Panel […]
You may have noticed that most of the new breed of distillers, like Tito Beveridge, of Tito’s Handmade Vodka, break in with vodka, which requires no aging, or begin with white whiskey, so-called white dog or clear whiskey, which can also go straight from still to bottle. It’s because the […]
Alex Knapp – Forbes Staff The process of making bourbon whiskey hasn’t changed much in decades. A sour mash is fermented, then distilled into a clear spirit. After making the spirit, a distillery places it into charred, American oak barrels to age. Usually for several years, with premium bourbons often […]