Certificate-based spirits education

Know what’s
in the glass.

Understand why it belongs there. Learn production, history, standards, flavor, and guided tasting—clearly, accurately, and without snobbery.

Hosted by Holy Ghost Distillery · White Haven, Pennsylvania · 21+

For all who honor the craft.

ACCURATE Standards explained clearlyPRACTICAL A tasting method you can useWELCOMING Curiosity without pretense

The Academy path

Three levels.
One clear foundation.

Start with the fundamentals. Build deeper category knowledge. Finish with the confidence to guide others.

LEVEL 01Certificate of completion

Learn the shared path from sugar or starch through fermentation, distillation, maturation, proofing, blending, and tasting.

LEVEL 02Academy lapel pin

Go beyond recognition and study how whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, brandy, agave spirits, and regional traditions are built.

LEVEL 03Academy challenge coin

Build advanced sensory skill, standards knowledge, teaching language, and the confidence to explain spirits to others.

Built from the book

Fermented & Distilled Academy connects what is in the glass to the raw material, production choices, legal identity, history, and people behind it.

01Understand productionConnect fermentation, distillation, maturation, and proof to flavor.

02Read the categoryRecognize what standards and labels tell you—and what they do not.

03Taste with purposeUse a repeatable sensory method without chasing fantasy notes.

“Drink what you like—
but love what you drink.”