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Podcast: The Liquor Store Podcast
Episode: Hotaling & Co. Importer & Distiller of Fine Spirits
Description: In this episode, Matt talks to Hotaling & Co. CEO, Dan Leese.Β Hotaling & Co., formerly Anchor Distilling Company, is an importer and distiller of fine spirits headquartered in San Francisco. Originally established in 1993 by beverage visionary Fritz Maytag, fueled by the bold realization that there were no pot-distilled whiskies or high-end craft gins being made legally in America at the time. As a result, Anchor Distilling Company is credited with creating America's first craft whiskey (Old Potrero) and gin (JunΓpero Gin) after Prohibition. In 2010, Fritz Maytag retired and sold Anchor Distilling Company to a business partnership that in...