Woodford Reserve at this time named Elizabeth McCall as Grasp Distiller, the third within the bourbon model’s 26-year historical past, succeeding Chris Morris, who will assume the function of Grasp Distiller Emeritus.
McCall, who has been coaching for this Grasp Distiller function for greater than a decade, will oversee high quality and innovation efforts, and produce new Woodford Reserve merchandise to market. She is going to lead the model’s particular bourbon releases, together with the Grasp’s Assortment and Distillery Sequence.
McCall says in a press launch that she is honored to take the baton from her mentor and good friend. “I’m humbled to face upon the inspiration constructed by Chris Morris, who is among the most well-known and revered Grasp Distillers on the planet,” she says. “I sit up for following in his footsteps and crafting the world’s best bourbon.”
Morris started mentoring McCall to take the Grasp Distiller function in 2015, when she turned Grasp Taster. McCall turned Woodford Reserve Assistant Grasp Distiller 5 years in the past this month.
“I’m happy with and assured in Elizabeth’s means to take care of the award-winning taste profile of the Woodford Reserve household into the following technology,” says Morris. “Her inquisitive nature bodes effectively for many who have come to count on progressive taste ideas from our Grasp’s Assortment and Distillery Sequence choices. The long run couldn’t be extra promising for Woodford Reserve.”
Morris will stay a big a part of the Woodford staff in an emeritus function, the corporate says.
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McCall joined Brown-Forman, Woodford Reserve’s mum or dad firm, in 2009 as a member of the Analysis & Improvement division. She started her profession establishing tasting panels to work on high quality and consistency with the corporate’s merchandise.
She is the second technology of her household to work within the spirits trade, following her mom’s footsteps, after incomes her grasp’s diploma from the College of Louisville.
McCall and her husband, Matt, reside in Louisville and have one baby.
This information follows the model’s latest releases of its 2022 Vacation Bottle and 2022 Batch Proof Bourbon.
