A wholesome tale
Los’, ‘bagels’, and ‘whiskey’: three seemingly incongruous words, but when put together they become Los Bagels Whiskey; a collaboration between a bagel bakery and a distillery to reduce food waste, and a happy victim of its own success.
Husband and wife, Amy and Steve Bohner, had been operating the Alchemy Distillery in Arcata, California, for a couple years, when Amy read an article about Toast Ale, a beer made from excess bread. If you can make beer from bread, then surely you can make whiskey from bread… right?
Amy said, “What if we could do that same concept but make a whiskey?’” She could not resist her enthusiasm.
Of course, Steve had some misgivings, but Amy is a force of nature and he knows better than to do anything to contain that force.
“I started calling every local deli and bakery
