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*4 COURSE OUTLINE

D AY S
GIN COURSE MA Y 2022

*TWO DAYS BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE - TWO DAYS ADVANCED

THIS COURSE IS BR OUGHT T O Y OU BY FOUR LEADING EXPERTS - ALL
INTERN A TION ALL Y RECOGNIZED GIN DISTILLERS & THE TEAM A T BDES
BDES seeks out and invites the leading experts in the field of distilled spirits production to teach in our dedicated
classroom. Together with a small enrolment (maximum 16 seats) you can be sure of receiving a quality education
with a lot of one on one attention and group discussions included in the program. Hands on formulation and other
exercises, including full sensory evaluation makes the Gin course a must attend practicum based program.

Molly Troupe - Lead Instr uctor

Molly Troupe grew up in Troutdale, Oregon. After graduating from Reynolds High School she attended Southern
Oregon University where she earned a Bachelor degree in Chemistry. After SOU, she attended Heriot Watt University
where she earned a Masters degree in Brewing & Distilling. After Scotland, she came back to Oregon & put her
distilling skills to use at several distilleries. In 2017, she joined forces with Jill Kuehler, formerly of Zenger Farms,
as the Master Distiller for Oregon’s first all woman-owned & operated distillery, Freeland Spirits. Freeland Spirits
released its first product, Freeland Gin, in December & has plans to release whiskey in the future. Molly’s strengths as
a distiller lay with her recipe development, quality control, problem solving, & process development. As the current
youngest female Master Distiller in the United States, she is an asset to the Freeland Spirits team. If not at Freeland
Spirits, you can find her writing articles for Artisan Spirit Magazine or serving on various Boards of Directors for
groups such as recently the ACSA.
After completing his Bachelor
of Arts in Business Management from Tom Anderson
Columbia College, Tom continued his
education in biochemistry & molecular
biology, graduating with a Bachelor of
Science degree from the University of
Missouri-Columbia. Tom long held a
passion for home-brewing, which led
into distilling of spirits & the founding
of Pinckney Bend Distillery. As partner
& Master Distiller, he has developed the
distillation methods, aging techniques,
& flavor profiles for all their award-
winning spirits. Tom also knows how to
market gins and other spirits. Jamie Baxter
Jamie Baxter graduated with a degree in Biology & after a few years as a beach bum has worked in the food & drink industry for most
of his life. After selling his breakfast cereal company Jamie went to work with Tyrell’s Crisps’ founder Will Chase to build a muesli
factory. After six weeks they decided to build a potato vodka distillery instead which was amongst the first smaller scale distilleries
to be built in the UK for over a century. Within 6 months Chase Vodka was named best Vodka & won a double gold medal at the
San Francisco World Spirits awards. When Jamie left some four years later he realised that there was no-one in UK with the same
experience of setting up craft distilleries & so became a consultant to help people get started. Jamie has now built 19 distilleries - over
5% of all the distilleries currently operating in UK. He has also operated a small gin distillery which housed a gin school & produced
several kinds of London Dry Gin. He is pictured holding a bottle of their Burleighs Gin. Jamie is invited to judge in many international
competitions these days, has written on several topics including Baijiu, and has taught distillation techniques to many in the UK.
Marcel Thompson

After we read Marcel’s excellent book on Gin Making - Still Magic (ReThink Press, 2019) we immediately invited him to hop aboard
a plane and zip in from down under to join us in the second serving of Gin - in 2019. Marcel, an award winning gin maker since the
1980’s in New Zealand, presents a unique approach to gin formulations dealing with the base players and the accompanying band
members leading to a symphonic whole and resoundingly complete flavorful gin. Along with Jamie, Marcel brings a full International
perspective to gin. He also presents webinars and hosts discussions with other leaders of the distilling world.
We are delighted that he is coming back in 2022 after missing several opportunities to meet up with him in 2020. He has a second book
due out soon: Gin Ventures - A Gin Distiller’s Guide to Starting Your Craft Spirits Business.

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