How Middle West Spirits Scales Craft Whiskey Without Losing Its Soul

How Middle West Spirits Scales Craft Whiskey Without Losing Its Soul

July 7, 2026 · 1h 43m · Season 7 · Episode 87

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The episode explores how Middle West Spirits scales its craft whiskey production while maintaining its unique qualities.

Send us Fan Mail We sit down at Middle West Spirits in Columbus with Steve Frederick to unpack how an Ohio grain-to-glass distillery scales up without losing what makes the whiskey special. Along the way we taste new Old Elk bottles coming out of Columbus, dig into finishes like Armagnac and sherry, and end with a straight-from-the-barrel moment that proves context changes everything. • Middle West’s growth from small runs to a massive round-the-clock facility • What “crop to cask...

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