Microdistillery Profile: Yahara Bay Distillers at Madison, WI
Distill your liquor
See it distributed before you
And hear the lamentation of their women
Thus read the immortal words of Conan the Barbarian—altered here for the distiller—when the great warrior is asked, “What is best in life?”
It’s not often that one gets to compare a local distiller to Conan the Barbarian but in speaking with Nick Quint of Yahara Bay Distillers it’s hard not to draw some comparisons.
Here’s Nick a few years ago at age 61. He’s retired. He’s looking towards a future of golf or RVs or whatever… but something inside of him rebelled against that. He had a preexisting connection with distilling through family in Iowa. And in an act of courage equal to assaulting Thulsa Doom, he eschewed the quiet life, acquired a still, and fearlessly opened up Yahara Bay in Madison, WI because that is exactly what he wanted to do. Looking back, he now claims it doesn't even feel like work and is the best possible "retirement."
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