Oct 20, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min · 17 segments
**Jeremy Craig** is the co-founder and head distiller of **Copper Bottom Craft Distillery**, located in **Holly Hill, Florida** (in the Daytona Beach area). Key details about Jeremy Craig and his…
I literally thought that, you know, we'd make a few gallons and, you know, it would last me the rest of my life.
But the cool thing was, since we were just giving it away, I had a line wrapped around the building just about every day when we opened the door.
And people would come in, grab a bottle of hand sanitizer, and like, look, I'm stuck at home anyway.
So that was, you know, they fueled, they definitely, that alone fueled the home distiller boom during COVID was everybody stuck at home.
And unfortunately, that's kind of what has been the demise of the bourbon industry right now is all the glut of bourbon that was produced during the during the pandemic.
I don't think it would be what it is today if it wasn't for COVID and everybody's sitting at home and making their videos and standing in line when the liquor stores would open to get the coveted bottles and
We've
I literally thought that, you know, we'd make a few gallons and, you know, it would last me the rest of my life.
But the cool thing was, since we were just giving it away, I had a line wrapped around the building just about every day when we opened the door.
And people would come in, grab a bottle of hand sanitizer, and like, look, I'm stuck at home anyway.
So that was, you know, they fueled, they definitely, that alone fueled the home distiller boom during COVID was everybody stuck at home.
And unfortunately, that's kind of what has been the demise of the bourbon industry right now is all the glut of bourbon that was produced during the during the pandemic.
I don't think it would be what it is today if it wasn't for COVID and everybody's sitting at home and making their videos and standing in line when the liquor stores would open to get the coveted bottles and
We've
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