Whisky Wisdom: Jason Parker of Copperworks Distilling, Part 2
Join us as we continue our discussion with Copperworks Distilling co-founder and president Jason Parker. In this second part of our talk, we explore his favorite whiskies, the state of distilling in the US and where American whiskey might go in the future. Read on to find out more!
Whisky Wisdom: Jason Parker of Copperworks Distilling, Part 1
Whisky Wisdom continues the exploration of interesting people in the whisky world by talking with them to hear what they have to say. Copperworks Distilling, located on the waterfront in downtown Seattle, was founded in 2008 by Jason Parker and Micah Nutt. The following interview was transcribed from video by Rebecca R. and lightly edited.
Scotchology: Year Four
Against all expectation, the end of this past June marks the fourth anniversary of the first time the original group of us got together, before we even called ourselves Scotchology. Before all kinds of hi-jinks, travels, and tastings. And despite the best of intentions to make this an annual sort of thing, it has been two years since the last update. It seems like a long time since June of 2013, when four of us began to regularly meet for the expressed purpose of exploring single malt scotch together. We’d never have dreamed we’d find ourselves where we are now. Wait, where are we?