Augustus Owsley Stanley III (1935-2011)For a teenager in the late 1960s, the name “Owsley” meant just one thing. It was synonymous with the drug LSD, which Owsley Stanley manufactured in his clandestine California lab. Owsley Stanley was also fam…
Fun with fungi.This is a personal epilogue to the nine-part series just concluded about Baudoinia compniacensis, the whiskey fungus. If you have not read it and are interested, the series starts here.I became aware of Baudoinia about 30…
Masonry maturation warehouses at Green River Distillery, Owensboro, Kentucky.This is Part 9 of a 9-part series about Baudoinia compniacensis, the whiskey fungus. Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here, Part 3 is here, Part 4 is here, Part 5 is here, Part…
Proposed Sazerac distillery near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.This is Part 8 of a 9-part series about Baudoinia compniacensis, the whiskey fungus. Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here, Part 3 is here, Part 4 is here, Part 5 is here, Part 6 is here, Part 7 i…
Heaven Hill maturation warehouse at the former Beam and Hart Old Tub Distillery (c. 1892), on Old Nazareth Road near Bardstown.This is Part 7 of a 9-part series about Baudoinia compniacensis, the whiskey fungus. Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here, Pa…
This demolition-in-progress in Louisville shows a maturation warehouse’s internal honeycomb structure.This is Part 6 of a 9-part series about Baudoinia compniacensis, the whiskey fungus. Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here, Part 3 is here, Part 4…
Maturation warehouses at Stitzel-Weller in Louisville.This is Part 5 of a 9-part series about Baudoinia compniacensis, the whiskey fungus. Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here, Part 3 is here, Part 4 is here.Baudoinia compniacensis isn’t dang…
Baudoinia compniacensis. Scary, right?This is Part 4 of a 9-part series about Baudoinia compniacensis, the whiskey fungus. Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here, Part 3 is here.The new fear of toxic molds that arose in the late 1990s happened to coincid…
Cognac wears Baudoinia proudly.This is Part 3 of a 9-part series about Baudoinia compniacensis, the whiskey fungus. Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here.The American whiskey industry is in the midst of an expansion going into its third decade. One…
Some of Diageo’s Orphan Barrel bottlings.This is Part 2 of a 9-part series about Baudoinia compniacensis. the whiskey fungus. Part 1 is here.When whiskey maturation warehouses began to fill up with the current bourbon boom, Ba…
