Ep. 25: ”Still Waiting on the TTB” with Steve Hawley, President of the ASMWC

Last week, you heard from the community voices who love and support ASMW. This week, join us for an interview with the President of the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission (ASMWC) himself. We'll hear from the man spearheading the organization of ASMW distillers and discuss the state of the ASMW rules, the commercial development of the category, the growing variety and interest in the category, and talk about the dangers of the industry continuing along without a formal regulation for or protection of the term "American Single Malt".

It's been over 2 years since TTB published their proposal for American Single Malt Whiskey (ASMW) [1]. Since the comment period ended 2 months later, they've assured producers and consumers of ASMW that finalizing and ratifying these rules is a top priority for them, but with such a long delay, we need to do a bit of a media push and put a little pressure on them. See links below.

More info and show notes will be added to the blog as available after the show: https://demitastes.com/2024/08/14/ep-25-still-waiting-on-the-ttb-with-steve-hawley-president-of-the-asmwc/

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Visit ASMWC's website: https://www.americansinglemaltwhiskey.org/

The ASMWC can be found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/asmcommission/

Join the letter writing campaign to urge the TTB to action (it's just a few clicks): https://www.spiritsunited.org/american-single-malt-whiskey-campaign/

You can also write in favor of Direct to Consumer: https://www.spiritsunited.org/dtc/

See the proposed rules at:

[1] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/29/2022-16244/proposed-addition-of-american-single-malt-whisky-to-the-standards-of-identity-for-distilled-spirits

See Doug's write-up about what the proposed rules mean at https://demitastes.com/2022/09/20/a-new-whiskey-category-explaining-american-single-malt-whiskey/

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