tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704477.post1558492918230180480..comments2023-09-16T12:00:05.309-04:00Comments on Feed Me/Drink Me: Stuart Hobson and Heartland Distillersbraingirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04159313924554241811noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704477.post-89979138884989763152009-01-23T15:05:00.000-05:002009-01-23T15:05:00.000-05:00Hello! I've enjoyed reading your site since I disc...Hello! I've enjoyed reading your site since I discovered it a few months ago. It's a reason I included you on my tags today. (http://going-green-mama.blogspot.com/2009/01/friday-afternoon-catch-up.html) Have a great day.Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915194141694632310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704477.post-79801611813811943522009-01-23T06:48:00.000-05:002009-01-23T06:48:00.000-05:00Actually, Huber operates their brandy distilling (...Actually, Huber operates their brandy distilling (still a fortified wine) under a farm license. IIRC, there are a couple of other wineries who distill from by-products as well. Which is all to say that Heartland is something completely different -- a full on *new* distillery. (And as you know there are a whole heap of commercial distilleries in the southern part of the state, but their licenses all existed before Prohibition!) There's your odd Indiana fact for the day.<BR/><BR/>BTW, we hear one additional license has been granted since Hobson's to a Chicago-area micro-distillery based in Indiana.braingirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04159313924554241811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704477.post-63130804556709349872009-01-22T22:50:00.000-05:002009-01-22T22:50:00.000-05:00Sounds great!By the way, Huber Winery does have an...Sounds great!<BR/><BR/>By the way, Huber Winery does have an offshoot, Starlight Distillery. They have been limited to dessert wines and port, but I believe they just released or are about to release their first brandy.<BR/><BR/>I have heard of other wineries wanting to start sister distilleries as well.<BR/><BR/>The more the merrier!Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758441586299549627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704477.post-90531843707194014452009-01-22T21:11:00.000-05:002009-01-22T21:11:00.000-05:00I'm totally on board with this one, but when do we...I'm totally on board with this one, but when do we get the Indiana gin? Lord knows we've got bathtubs...Brendan O'Sullivan-Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774318152996563754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10704477.post-73370436062650420302009-01-22T20:51:00.000-05:002009-01-22T20:51:00.000-05:001. Is it any good?2. Where can I buy it? (Kahn's?)...1. Is it any good?<BR/>2. Where can I buy it? (Kahn's?)Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415282912677182843noreply@blogger.com