Craft Beer Guild Distributing of Connecticut launched Vale Fox spirits with a visit to the Lagrange, New York, distillery. Situated on a sustainable, 120-acre estate in New York’s Hudson Valley region, the Vale Fox Distillery produces small-batch spirits on custom Forsyth stills including their debut release, the award-winning Tod & Vixen’s Dry Gin 1651, with forthcoming releases including a line of limited-edition, barrel-aged gins and a single-malt whiskey. Tod & Vixen’s Dry Gin 1651, a 2020 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Double Gold Winner, was created in collaboration with three renowned bartenders: Leo Robitschek, Jeffrey Morgenthaler and the late Gaz Regan, who crafted it specifically for optimal use in classic cocktails. Master Distiller Eric Bachli and Assistant Distiller Andrea Rosas create the gin, a 100% wheat-neutral spirit, which is macerated with botanicals including juniper, coriander, angelica root, red rooibos tea and fresh orange peel. It is then non-chill filtered, resulting in a robust and flavorful gin with a 48% ABV, ideal for mixing in classic and modern cocktails alike. The distillery was founded by brothers Eral and Arman Gokgol-Kline.
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- All of Craft Beer Guild Distributing of Connecticut except where indicated: Irene Tan, Canterbury Liquors/Whisky Mentors; Dave Blanck, Spirits Specialist; Mason Powers, Spirits Specialist; Paul Krivosta, Spirits Specialist, Craft Beer Guild Distributing of Connecticut; and Phil Cousineau, Spirits Manager.
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- The distillery currently offers ultra-premium Tod & Vixen’s Dry Gin 1651, named as such since male foxes are known as tods and females are known as vixens. Specifically designed to enhance the flavors of gin cocktails, the gin is made by macerating botanicals – including juniper, angelica root and rooibos tea – to extract their flavors, then non-chill filtering to retain the unearthed profile.
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- Andrea Rosas, Assistant Distiller, The Vale Fox Distillery; Mason Powers, Spirits Specialist, Craft Beer Guild Distributing of Connecticut; Cliff Oldfield, Head of Sales, The Vale Fox Distillery; Eral Gokgol-Kline, Owner, The Vale Fox Distillery; Irene Tan, Canterbury Liquors/Whisky Mentors; Dave Blanck, Spirits Specialist, Craft Beer Guild Distributing of Connecticut; Eric Bachli, Master Distiller, The Vale Fox Distillery; and Paul Krivosta, Spirits Specialist, Craft Beer Guild Distributing of Connecticut.
