How Echo Spirits Builds Big Flavor In A Small Distillery

About this episode

The episode discusses how Echo Spirits in Columbus, Ohio creates award-winning rum and whiskey blends while emphasizing community and collaboration.

Send us Fan Mail We sit down with the Echo Spirits team to talk about how a Columbus, Ohio distillery builds award-winning rum, creative whiskey blends, and a bar that feels like home. Along the way we dig into sourcing versus grain-to-glass debates, how finishes can rescue tricky barrels, and why community matters more than competition. • Columbus distillery community and why collaboration works • Why Echo starts with rum and how the portfolio evolves • Queen Share rum and ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff Mueller, Martin Nash, Karl Henley, Chris Thompson, Rachel Mueller

Topics covered

• distillery
• rum production
• whiskey blends
• community collaboration
• sourcing
• grain-to-glass

Keywords

• Echo Spirits
• Columbus distillery
• award-winning rum
• whiskey blends
• community
• sourcing
• grain-to-glass

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Echo Spirits

Products: rum, whiskey blends, Queen Share rum

Places: Columbus, Ohio

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