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From Brews To Booze

  • Wiseacre Brewing Co. 2783 Broad Avenue Memphis, TN, 38112 United States (map)

Do you like to catch a drink at the end of a long week? Ever curious how that alcohol came to be. Come hear head distiller, Alex Castle (Old Dominick) and a Wiseacre Brewing Co. Brewmaster, Davin Bartosch talk about how they make their craft drinks.

 

Timeline

6:30PM

Doors will be open at 6:30pm. Enjoy the wise selection of beers on top at Wiseacre while chatting with new friends, but come prepared that food and other drinks may not be available.

7:00-9:00PM

Following a brief introduction to taste of science and thanks to our sponsors, we will hear from our speakers with plenty of time between for questions and refills.

Seating is limited; only a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase at the door. 

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Spirited Taste

Alex Castle

Head distiller at Old Dominick Distillery. Studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky.

Exploring the various factors where flavors are originated in spirits - vodka, whiskey, gin. Grain, yeast, botanicals, distillation and barrels all contribute to final product.

 

 

 

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Davin Bartosch

Brewmaster at Wiseacre Brewing Co.

Always a thorough expert at things off the beaten path, Davin excelled in origami and cooking as shorty, later navigating obscure college classes to become a double major in psychology and anthropology. Like a fish out of water he flopped around in career world gasping for air he could not breathe through his brewer gills before making his passionate, all-consuming homebrewing pastime into a legitimate career. This lead Davin to the World Brewing Academy (Siebel Institute of Technology – Chicago, IL & Doemen’s Academy – Munich, Germany) where he was salutatorian, 6+ Years Professional Brewmaster with Rock Bottom Chicago, award winning brewer in Great American Beer Festival, World Beer Cup, Festival of Wood & Barrel Aged Beer and more. Davin is also a B level racquetball player with a robotic backhand.

 

Meet our hosts...

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JACKIE NORRIE

I am originally from Chicago, went to school in Michigan and Texas and now I am a postdoc at St Jude

 

 
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HÉLÈNE TOURNU

Avid cyclist, passionate microbiologist, and proud Memphis transplant, I enjoy bridging people and communities together.