Ep. 143: The Cotswolds Distillery with Founder Dan Szor, Part 1

Author: David Levine
Published: Wed 05 Jun 2024
Episode Link: https://whiskeyringpodcast.podbean.com/e/ep-143-the-cotswolds-distillery-with-founder-dan-szor-part-1/

An Expat, Jim Swan, and Outstanding Natural Beauty

Dan Szor is an expat, a native of New York City who has found a permanent home in the Cotswolds of England, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with rolling hills, flowers, and fruits. With a background in finance, Dan found whisky as a side passion, one he converted into a full-time role in the early 2010s by starting the Cotswolds Distillery.

In Part 1 of our conversation, Dan and I discuss his inspirations - the hedonistic time in Paris getting exposed to whisky through the Scotch Malt Whisky Society and La Maison du Whisky, the barley revelation, and meeting Jim McEwan, that wizard of whisky whose time at Bruichladdich inspired Dan long before a distillery was in the cards.

There's a lot to talk about on the Cotswolds, so we'll have a part two coming out next week to talk more about the distillery itself and the truly excellent single malts coming out.

Thanks everyone for listening, and thank you to Dan for entering the Whiskey Ring!

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