{"id":4334,"date":"2020-01-21T14:25:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T19:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2020-01-21T14:26:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T19:26:15","slug":"dennis-teegardin-plans-to-open-distillery-in-berkeley-springs-by-end-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=4334","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Teegardin Plans to Open Distillery in Berkeley Springs By End of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dennis Teegardin hopes to open a distillery in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to make it an experience when people visit my distillery,\u201d Teegardin told Russell Mokhiber of <em>This Week in Morgan County.<\/em> \u201cPeople are fascinated by the manufacturing of alcohol. I want to educate people about drinking better. I want to launch a Buzz Better Booze campaign. I believe that the buzz is better when you understand the booze.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Week in Morgan County - Dennis Teegardin\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PiiA-HClgwo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was in Kentucky recently on a distillery tour. I went into a distillery and the tour guide did not go into any detail about the science of the distillery. I went up to him after and asked him \u2013 why didn\u2019t you go into the distillation process? And he said \u2013 nobody is interested in the science.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI completely disagree with that.&nbsp; I want to educate people about the manufacturing of alcohol in this country and about the distillation process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s going to be called Teegardin Distilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll start out with a corn whiskey \u2013 also known as moonshine. There is a legal form of moonshine that you can produce. When people come in from Maryland and Virginia into West Virginia, I think they expect moonshine. And that\u2019s why my first product will be a white dog moonshine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also plans on making a gin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGin is now popular.&nbsp; Gin is one of my favorite drinks. Right now, bourbons have hit the markets hard, but gin is making a comeback.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping to be up and running by the end of 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teegardin started out working in Morgan County at Berkeley Springs Brew Pub. In October 2019, he moved across the street to Coolfont and became the bartender at the new Coolfont Treetop Restaurant and Lounge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat an honor it is to be the bartender there,\u201d Teegardin said. \u201cI do a homemade sour mix that is a little different from what people would expect.&nbsp; It\u2019s well balanced sweet and sour with lemon juice, lime juice, water and then I also use egg whites. The egg whites give my margaritas or my whiskey sours as nice velvety feel in my mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI pride myself on using natural ingredients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you know when you go out and get a margarita whether it is made of natural ingredients or just an industrial mix?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can tell from the taste, whether it tastes artificial or it tastes real. You can tell by the mouth feel \u2013 if it\u2019s real sugary, if its acidic and coats your mouth. Natural ingredients won\u2019t give you that artificial flavor taste. You can tell by your taste buds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is happening at Coolfont?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe restaurant and bar are open. We\u2019ve got great food on the menu. I\u2019m slinging cocktails behind the bar. We have 24 beers on tap. It\u2019s the largest selection in Morgan County and one of the largest in the Eastern Panhandle.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTwenty rooms are available \u2013 eight rooms in the northern wing of the main building \u2013 the Treetop Lodge that houses the restaurant and bar. Across the street at the Woodland house are twelve other rooms. Plus there is a swimming pool and workout room.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolfont.com\/\">(Coolfont.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMorgan County is in a time of renaissance,\u201d Teegardin said. \u201cThe 2007 and 2008 economic downturn hurt this county drastically. A lot of vacation homes went into foreclosure. A lot of businesses opened and closed. Right now we are seeing the economy take off again. Unemployment is down. And although there is a looming recession for next year I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be nearly as severe as the one over a decade ago. This town is on the cusp of a renaissance. I would like to be a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Teegardin hopes to open a distillery in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia by the end of the year. \u201cI want to make it an experience when people visit my distillery,\u201d Teegardin told Russell Mokhiber of This Week in Morgan County. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=4334\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4336,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions\/4336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}