My name's Bill Welter and we opened Journeyman Distillery October 7th of 2011. Journeyman Distillery is an organic distillery, we're certified organic by an organization in Wisconsin called MOSA. It was an easy decision for me when we were looking at how we wanted to open the distillery. I'm someone who's focused on organics, on supporting this idea of a higher-quality product, and that's a big part of the decision, but secondly, it's really an effort to support organic growers. We've got grains coming in throughout the Midwest from organic farmers, and you know, in a given week, we'll use close to 5,000 pounds of grain each week. So that's our way of supporting the idea and really helping to progress this organic movement.

Producing Small Batch Whiskey is something that...in the course of a day, we'll produce about 12 gallons of Whiskey and it generally takes about 10 to 12 hours to distill that. And you know, it's not a lot of Whiskey, it's small batch, it's high quality, and it's a real labor of love.

You know, I think in a lot of ways, actually creating something is becoming a lost art in itself, especially in a lot of respects. In America, on a small scale, one of the exciting things about making Whiskey here in Three Oaks, we're actually making a product with our hands and that's really exciting for me. And that's one of the biggest attractions for me about starting this business was, I wanted to be able to actually physically make something and put our label on it, and at the end of the day, you know, walk out the door and be proud of what we've made.