✈️ WF087 to Florida: TIMBER CREEK DISTILLERY

Florida's Emerald Coast may be known for beaches and sunshine, but just north of Destin, two neighbors turned an engineering mindset and a love of brewing into one of the state's most inventive distilleries. In this episode, Drew Hannush heads to Timber Creek Distillery to meet co-founders Cam Ford and Aaron Barnes and discover why they chose to distill grains separately, embrace Florida-grown ingredients, and invite visitors to become blenders themselves. In This Episode • How a Silicon Valley engineer and a homebrewer became distillers • Why Timber Creek borrowed ideas from Scotland instead of Kentucky • Building a distillery around brewing equipment and a traditional worm condenser • Florida-grown rye and discovering the Sunshine State's terroir • Distilling grains separately and blending whiskey after aging • The story behind Florida Whiskey and Southern Reserve • Creating a 100% Florida rye whiskey • How their bourbon blending kits became a hit during the pandemic • Bourbon blending experiences and creating your own whiskey profile • Wine and chocolate pairings, cigar rolling, and axe throwing • Exploring Florida's Emerald Coast and the Panhandle whiskey scene • Plus, Drew shares his three reasons why Timber Creek Distillery deserves a spot on your Whiskey Lore Wish List 📍 Timber Creek Distillery Crestview, Florida Travel maps, distillery information, and trip-planning tools for more than 1,000 whiskey destinations can be found at WhiskeyLore.org/flights.