AN ACT OF BENEVOLENCE
A very unusual project has come together, with 11 craft distillers stepping forward to contribute barrels of American single malt to create a vatted whiskey, from which all the proceeds will fund an internship program to help underrepresented people get a foothold in the distilling industry. So 11 casks of whiskey from 10 different craft distilleries, including FEW Spirits, Balcones Distilling, Santa Fe Spirits, Triple Eight Distillery, Rogue Spirits, Stateline Spirits, Thornton Distilling Co, Headframe Spirits, Bently Heritage Estate Distillery, and Sonoma County Distilling Co., worth an estimated $200,000 if sold under their original brands, were shipped to Headframe Spirits in Butte, MT.
A small group met at Headframe in February to vat all of the whiskeys mentioned. Reade Huddleston, of Headframe, sat in with Johnny Jeffery, of Bently Heritage Estate Distillery, and Randy Hudson, of Triple Eight Distillery.
“We sent a really good barrel of whiskey,” said Hudson, whose whiskeys can retail for more than US$500 per bottle. “I wanted to send one that I was proud of and that would give a really good
