Phillip Dormont - Treaty Oak Distilling - Dripping Springs, Texas - a podcast by Kevin Kelly

In this episode I get to sit down with Phillip Dormont, Director of Product Development for Treaty Oak Distilling.

See all things Treaty Oak Distilling here: https://www.treatyoakdistilling.com

Follow Treaty Oak on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/treatyoak/

Purchase their alcohol online here: https://shoptreatyoak.com

Their Ranch(and Alice's Restaurant) is located at16604 Fitzhugh Rd, Dripping Springs, TX 78620.

Shop for cool Treaty Oak swag here: https://www.treatyoakdistilling.com/shop

See them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/TreatyOak

See where to buy Treaty Oak Distilling near you here: https://bit.ly/2PRyPYI

We do our interview from Pedernales Cellars(https://www.pedernalescellars.com) in Stonewall, Texas. I caught him right after he got back from a long(ish) vacation because at the time they distilling because of the pandemic(they had switched over to making hand sanitizer). Phillip runs the whole development program at Treaty Oak and we talk in depth about what they offer. They are:

Treaty Oak Red Handed Bourbon, Treaty Oak Ghost Hill Texas Bourbon, Treaty Oak Schenley Reserve Rye

Treaty Oak Old Fashioned Cocktail

Waterloo Old Yaupon Gin, Waterloo No. 9 Gin, Waterloo Antique Gin

New products coming: The Day Drinker, Gin and Tonic(and citrus version RTD (ready to drink world), Navy Strength Gin

Sign up for their newsletter(Pursuit of the Curious) at the bottom of the page here: https://www.treatyoakdistilling.com/news

He was born and raised in Dripping Springs(and now lives back in Dripping Springs) and has roamed from North Carolina to Nashville. It was in North Carolina that he started making moonshine with a friend and that leads him to why it made a perfect fit at Treaty Oak.

A great takeaway from this interview is a discussion of the history of whiskey and what makes bourbons, ryes, and what sets Treaty Oak Distilling apart.

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