Whiskey Shennanigan’s Randy Warren interviews Mike Diaz of St. Augustine Distillery about making bourbon in Florida’s humid climate. Mike explains how Florida’s year-round heat creates darker bourbon faster through constant extraction, why they age in ambient temperature without rotation, and their innovative finishing program using port, cognac, and Armagnac barrels. Hear about how Mike and his team built a distillery in America’s oldest city, and why it’s now America’s top distillery tour, according to USA Today.
St. Augustine Distillery’s Mike Diaz on Making Whiskey Where Barrels Never Sleep in Florida Heat
