Marketplace - Dec. 2, 2009
Buer takes us on a tour of Bolzano Artisan Meats
A few years ago Great Lakes Distillery set up the state's first distillery in an old dairy building on Holton and Capitol. When owner Guy Rehorst moved his operation to Walker's Point, Scott Buer moved in and launched another Wisconsin first there. Buer's Bolzano Meats is Wisconsin's first dry cured charcuterie producer. Here, he tells us all about it.
Tags: Scott Buer, Bolzano Meats, guanciale, Fromagination, Rehorst, Great Lakes Distillery, prosciutto, Wisconsin Cheese Mart

Bars & Clubs - June 4, 2009
Rehorst pours triple crown of fruit brandies
If I thought that Great Lakes Distillery's first attempt at grappa was fruity, it was only because I hadn't yet sampled the flavor explosions that are its German Kirschwasser and pear eau-de-vie. All three are crafted from Wisconsin fruit.
Tags: Rehorst, Doug MacKenzie, grappa, kirschwasser, eau-de-vie, AEppelTreow, Great Lakes Distillery

Bars & Clubs - Sept. 30, 2008
Great Lakes Distillery caps the spirit of autumn
Recently Julie Lawrence wrote about some of her favorite fall beers. For me, when the air starts to take on a chill, I reach for my well-stocked stash of grappa. Although Great Lakes Distllery hasn't yet launched its grappa -- which I tasted when there was snow on the ground outside the distillery, then in Riverwest -- it now launches Pumpkin Seasonal Spirit.
Tags: Rehorst, Pumpkin spice, Great Lakes Distillery, Lakefront Brewery

Milwaukee Buzz - July 31, 2008
OnMilwaukee.com Recommends: July 31, 2008
Vacations and the usual summer business have not interrupted the flow in the editorial office, where this week we are touting tasty tea, vivacious vodka, a peppy country song and Discovery World's React Table (pictured).
Tags: rehorst, great lakes distillery, corey hart, craig morgan, sweet leaf tea, the react table

Milwaukee Buzz - June 19, 2008
OnMilwaukee.com Recommends: June 19, 2008
What could be more refreshing on a warm summer day than a tasty juice concoction, a gin and tonic or a homemade dreamsicle? Throw in a fresh festival, some interesting music and a good book and call it a day.
Tags: metro market, juice bomb, rehorst gin, great lakes distillery, dreamsicles, summer soulstice music festival, rick majerus, gene wojciechowski, the cicadas, rodney crowell, darius rucker, baseball reference.com

Bars & Clubs - Jan. 22, 2008
Savoring Milwaukee's first grappa
Yesterday, I took Great Lakes Distillery's Doug MacKenzie up on an offer to visit the Capitol Drive area distillery and be among one of the first in town to taste his first attempt at making grappa.
Tags: Great Lakes Distillery, grappa, Guy Rehorst, vodka, gin, Doug MacKenzie

Bars & Clubs - Feb. 6, 2007
Rehorst's artisan vodka grows stonger still in this brew city
You'd expect Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood to be the home of a small, microbrewery. You might not expect it to be the headquarters of an artisan vodka distillery that produces 2,000 bottles each month.
Tags: rehorst, vodka, great lakes distillery, riverwest