Meet Nicole Austin General Manager & Distiller of the newly formed Cascade Hollow Distilling Co.
What was formerly known as the George Dickel Distillery, will now be called Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. – the home of George Dickel Tennessee Whisky and future innovation spirits. George Dickel’s “Handmade the Hard Way” approach to making whisky will remain the same and Austin will be charged with overseeing the brand’s 148-year legacy of making Tennessee’s smoothest, award-winning craft whisky.
Austin has established a strong reputation within the industry over the last decade. She was dubbed “Bourbon’s Master of the Craft” by The New York Times in 2014 and recently served as Project Commissioning Engineer for William Grant & Sons at the Tullamore Distillery in Ireland. All the while, she’s also been a fierce advocate for the distilling industry as a founding board member of the American Craft Spirits Association and co-chair of Legislative, Convention and State Guild Committees.