In 2003,? the United States had about 60 craft? whiskey? distillers;? today there are over 2,000 active craft distillers in the country.? This book will introduce the people behind the entrepreneurs and the companies behind this movement. Whiskey? Rebels is a collection of first-person accounts of the brilliant, brave, and slightly crazy innovators responsible for changing the whiskey landscape forever--people like Jack Joyce, a former Nike executive who founded the American Distillers Festival in 2005;? Storm King Distilling? entrepreneur John Torgersen, who lobbied the US? government to change the laws that spearheaded the craft movement;? Ralph Erenzo,? "the? Sam Adams of Whiskey" and the recipient of? the first? distilling license in 80 years? who? went? on? to create? Hudson Baby? Bourbon;? and Nicole Austin, a prominent female producer and vocal activist who? has brought an indie spirit? to the? renowned? American whiskey region? of Tennessee through George Dickel Tennessee Whisky. ? Spirits pro and award-winning author John McCarthy? (The? Modern Gentleman) has conducted hundreds of hours of interviews to? gather these? fascinating first-person accounts and? give readers? an amusing and thorough insight into the world of craft distillers. Under his expert guidance,? readers will also learn the requirements to be considered a craft whiskey distiller, the effect of the craft beer movement on modern craft distilling, why craft distillers hate the word? "craft,"? and many? other pieces of insider information.