Rock Town Distillery

The success of Lost Forty Brewing in Little Rock may lie as much as anything in the fact that two of its founders — John Beachboard and Scott McGehee — are restaurant industry veterans intent on listening to the customer. read more >

Co-owner Sally Mengel likes to think Loblolly won over hearts and mouths as a hometown business making high-quality products from scratch with locally sourced ingredients. read more >

After a year in the barrel, spirit makers in Arkansas welcome tasters and tours. read more >

Restaurateurs come together at the SoMa Outdoor Dining Room in the parking lot at the southeast corner of 13th and Main streets in downtown Little Rock. read more >

Five Arkansas distilleries are working on new products, and business is flowing steadily for them, despite the COVID-19 pandemic delaying the opening of a sixth and bringing a seventh to a standstill. read more >

The future is murky for Arkansas manufacturers that pivoted to produce masks and hand sanitizer during the pandemic, but as they shift back to pre-pandemic operations they’re grateful that pivoting saved jobs. read more >

Several old and new friends, people who write knowledgeably and passionately about food, shared some of their favorite gifts to give — and receive. read more >

Led by Harvey Williams Jr. and his wife, Donna, Delta Dirt Distillery will begin producing vodka, gin, cordials and more in the coming weeks. Their son, Thomas, will oversee the production of spirits made with corn, wheat, rye and sweet potatoes grown on the family farm. Tours and a tasting room with a full-service bar are on tap. read more >

If all goes has planned, Charles D. Bradley Jr. will be selling moonshine legally in Hot Springs by March 1. read more >

Rock Dental Brands will occupy part of the space being vacated by Rock Town Distillery at 1216 E. Sixth St. in Little Rock. read more >

Rock Town Distillery Inc., led by Phil Brandon, bought the onetime home of Jungkind Photographic at 1201 Main St. read more >

Phil Brandon, founder of Rock Town Distillery, is excited about his new building in downtown Little Rock, but he’s even more excited about a little-noticed provision of the tax cut bill that Congress recently passed. read more >

The Little Rock venture, touted as the first legal distillery in Arkansas since Prohibition, will relocate downtown to 1201 Main St. read more >

Rock Town Distillery announced Wednesday that three of its whiskeys have scored the rating of "Liquid Gold" in Jim Murray's 2017 Whisky Bible. read more >

Phil Brandon has come far since 2010, the year he opened the state’s first legal distillery since Prohibition. Rock Town Distillery’s sales in the first four months of 2016 are up 67 percent compared with 2015. read more >

The unknown changes wrought by a future improvement of Interstate 30 have downtown Little Rock players concerned. read more >

Margaret McEntire has found herself in the midst of a second redevelopment wave in downtown Little Rock. A player on the River Market scene since 1999, McEntire is now hosting change instead of making it happen. read more >

Fairfield Apartments, Berkley Apartments, Pleasant Pointe Apartments and Valley Crossing Apartments, all in west Little Rock, were sold to affiliates of Monarch Investments of Colorado. read more >

Little Rock’s Rock Town Distillery received a favorable mention recently in the Wall Street Journal. read more >

Little Rock’s Rock Town Distillery has been recognized for producing the “2015 US Micro Whisky of the Year” for its Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey. read more >