Gable Erenzo, Young Whiskey Distiller Extraordinaire, Leaves Us Too Early
Gable Erenzo, Young Whiskey Distiller Extraordinaire, Leaves Us Too Early
To many, including myself, he was the face of the entire craft whiskey boom in America. I first encountered Gable Erenzo in 2009 at a whiskey festival in New Jersey. He bounced over to my table in overalls, a T-shirt, a beard, a huge grin and a clipboard. “Hey, I’m Gable, we’re making whiskey in the Hudson Valley and we’re trying to get New York State government to…..” I’ve forgotten the issue at hand but it didn’t matter because I didn’t understand any of this at the time: “he’s Who? making whiskey where? and he wants to do what?”. But he had me at “Hey” and I signed the petition, and we became instant friends, peers and fellow travelers.