Industry Update
COPPER & KINGS HOSTS THE FIRST-EVER BOOKSTOCK Copper & Kings American Brandy Co. hosted 16 of the most respected spirits and cocktail writers for the inaugural Bookstock, two days of spirited conversations, book signings and hobnobbing at Copper & Kings’s Louisville distillery Dec. 6-7. The distillery presented the event in conjunction with Louisville Tourism and independent bookseller, Carmichael’s Books. “We rightfully celebrate the art and craft of distillation, and we are privileged to enjoy these manifests as works of art in a glass,”
says Copper & Kings co-founder, Joe Heron. “But the oxygen of the spirits industry and the high profile that bars and bartenders enjoy today is the world class writing on the topic. “We are honored to rightfully acclaim and give credit to some of those writers who help raise the libations bar and discourse for spirits and cocktails in North America. They bring illumination, intelligence, as well as romance and entertainment to a wonderful art form, and we are privileged to give them their own,
well deserved stage.” At the conclusion of the book fair, authors were treated to an exclusive tour of the distillery, where they were able to fill their own bottles of a brandy or gin of their choosing. Attending authors included Frank Caiafa, Jeff Cioletti, Paul Clarke, Wayne Curtis, Aaron Goldfarb, Davin de Kergommeaux, Phillip Greene, John McCarthy, Jim Meehan, Fred Minnick, Kara Newman, Robin Robinson, Noah Rothbaum, Amanda Schuster Robert Simonson and David Wondrich.
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