Ep. 91: Riachi Distillery, Levant Heights, and Athyr Lebanese Whisky with Roy Riachi

Purchase your sample kit here for the virtual private Riachi tasting by June 10th to ensure delivery! 

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Finding Riachi was a happy accident, and boy am I happy it happened. Riachi has been making wine and spirits - mainly arak - in Lebanon for 184 years (since 1839), until they decided to enter the whisky space in 2011.

Roy Riachi, the family's current generation, found a love for whiskies around that time and put his family's unusual still to use making Lebanese whisky. A decade later, they're still the only Lebanese whisky distillery around. 

They have two product lines: Levant Heights, their experimental line, and Athyr, an all-Lebanese product made from Lebanese sun-dried barley, Lebanese oak, and Lebanese cedar for the Cedarwood finish. This is some seriously good and seriously cool whisky, and you'll want to try it. 

Luckily, someone just happens to be hosting a private virtual tasting on June 17 with Roy himself! 

Purchase your sample kit here by June 10th to ensure delivery! 

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Before we jump into the interview just a few quick notes:

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