A West Point graduate, Pickerell was the world’s leading distilling consultants and did most of his business on a handshake. “I’m in shock, but it’s unfair to sum Dave up,” says Wes Henderson, founder of Angel’s Envy and who was extremely close to Pickerell. I didn’t realize his death would hit me this hard, but it has.”Pickerell was bigger than life, with a passion for improving American whiskey and for honoring the people in it. This was, in part, because of Metallica’s presence, but Pickerell, as he did with his other whiskeys, pounded the pavement. Fred Minnick covered Dave Pickerell and Metallica for an upcoming Bourbon+ Magazine.

Source: Forbes November 02, 2018 19:30 UTC