A pair of class-action lawsuits filed this month against craft distillers has exposed what many consider the worst-kept secret in craft distilling: Despite the marketing, most liquor is factory-made. For several years, Iowas Templeton Rye distillery promoted its $35 whiskey as small batch and made in Iowa. Tapping its small-town roots, the distiller peddled its Prohibition-era recipe as the favorite drink of Al Capone. In fact, the whiskey was made from a stock recipe in Indianas MGP Ingredients factory, which distills whiskey for dozens of brands. The lawsuit accuses Templeton of duping consumers into spending more for its whiskey with an untruthful tale. Another class-action lawsuit filed this month in California targets Titos Handmade Vodka, arguing the Texas-based distillery cannot be hand-crafting — in an old fashioned pot still as the label says — the 15 million bottles of vodka it sells annually. The vodka was made, manufactured and/or produced in massive buildings containing 10 floor-to-ceiling stills and bottling 500 cases an hour using automated machinery that is the antithesis of handmade,
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:12:07 +0000
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