Patagonia Whisky Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Hello folks. I am an American, born in Idaho and now living in Central Patagonia Argentina. My Argentine business partner and I are in the infancy stages of planning our craft distillery. The Argentines seem to have a firm grasp on the idea of micro-brews and new beers but only recently. However, to my knowledge a craft distillery does not exist. My only worry is that we are TOO far ahead of the curve. Our plan is to make whiskey/whisky from all local ingredients. While the whiskey matures in oak we plan to try our hand at producing vodka and gin.... Tell me....am I crazy?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwydion Stone Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 If the local ingredients include good grains you're not any crazier than the rest of us, which may not be saying a lot, but still. As an American with Welsh ancestry, I'm fascinated by Patagonia. Are you in Chubut? I've always had a theory that the Welsh "LL" sound influenced the Argentinian pronunciation, but haven't been able to dig up anything on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbkelleher Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 You may be a little crazy, but one man's crazy is another man's visionary. Where would be be without the risk takers. Nothing ventured, nothing gained Best of luck to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patagonia Whisky Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 @Stone: You obviously know a lot about where I am living which is the little Welsh town of Trevelin in the province of Chubut (as you already know). Interesting take on the LL pronunciation. I will have to look into that myself as I haven't ever heard that hypothesis as of yet. Incidentally, my mother's maiden name was Stone. The particular area that I reside is well known for its grains. In fact the name of the town, Trevelin (Welsh=Trefelin)means "Mill Town" because of the extraordinarily high number of flour mills that were built in the area many years ago. I have an agreement with a local farmer to utilize his spring water and he has also agreed to provide the grains. This, of course, will be utilized in my marketing materials. @kbkelleher I couldn't agree more. It's difficult to steal 2nd base with your foot still on first. Thank you both for your kind words of encouragement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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