Lost Spirits Explained

Winery Name:Lost Spirits
Location City:Las Vegas, Nevada
Location Country:USA
Year Founded:2010
Key People:Bryan Davis
Joanne Haruta
Cases Per Year:15,000 - 25,000
Homepage: www.lostspirits.net
Visitors / Year:75,000

Lost Spirits was a working distillery and immersive circus show located in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was founded by Bryan Davis and Joanne Haruta.[1]

The distillery was initially located in Salinas, California, where it opened in 2010.[2]

Lost Spirits closed at the end of April 2024.[3]

Technology

In 2015, the distillery attracted attention after Davis developed technology to create mature whisky and rum within days.[4] [5]

Davis's process was shown, using modern analytical chemistry, to replicate the chemical reactions which take place as spirits age in barrels.[6] The process aims to replicate the aging process in a laboratory while producing the same chemical signature and taste.

Whisky made using Davis' process performed favorably in blind tastings hosted by Whisky Advocate,[7] and won a Liquid Gold award in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible (widely considered the world's most influential whisky critic).[8] [9]

In 2016, the distillery was moved to downtown Los Angeles, California.[10]

Circus

In 2021, Davis and Haruta moved the distillery to Las Vegas. The new location included a tour described as "equated to an adult Disneyland."[11] [12] The Las Vegas version featured a large cast of live actors, acrobats, contortionists and singers.[13] The experience of visiting Lost Spirits has been described as "cult hit among spirits geeks".[14]

In 2023 Lost Spirits was listed on the annual Thrillist list of the best live shows & musicals in Las Vegas.[15]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davis . Leah . 2023-06-28 . Stoking Vegas’ Immersive Flame: Lost Spirits Distillery (Review) . 2023-09-16 . Medium . en.
  2. Web site: Lost Spirits Distillery .
  3. Web site: Lost Spirits Distillery at AREA15 is closing at the end of the month . Channel 13 Las Vegas News KTNV . 11 June 2024 . en . 4 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Goldfarb. Aaron. 2015-09-26. Great Rum Without Rotting Goat Heads. 2016-07-17. The Daily Beast.
  5. Null . Christopher . This Guy Says He Can Make 20-Year-Old Rum in 6 Days . 2022-02-04 . Wired . en-US.
  6. Web site: Shaken and Stirred. Joanna. Cummings. The Analytical Scientist. 2016-07-17.
  7. Web site: 2018-11-12. 9 Whiskies That Weren't Aged in a Traditional Barrel. 2022-02-07. Whisky Advocate. en-US.
  8. Web site: 2019-07-16. Jim Murray: The Life Of A Whiskey Legend. 2022-02-07. en-GB.
  9. Book: Cooper, Harris. American History Through a Whiskey Glass: How Distilled Spirits, Domestic Cuisine, and Popular Music Helped Shape a Nation. 2021-06-29. Simon and Schuster. 978-1-5107-6402-6. en.
  10. Web site: Tuttle. Brittani. 2020-05-14. Lost Spirits Distillery to open new interactive experience in Las Vegas. 2021-10-08. Attractions Magazine. en-US.
  11. Web site: 2021-07-23 . Down the rum rabbit hole: The booze fantasia at Lost Spirits Distillery . 2022-02-07 . Las Vegas Review-Journal . en-US.
  12. Web site: Bustamante . Lou . 2018-12-06 . Disneyland Has Got Nothing on This . 2021-10-08 . Alta Online . en-US.
  13. Web site: Miller . Virginia . 2023-07-21 . Lost Spirits Soars to New Heights in Las Vegas . 2023-09-16 . Distiller Magazine . en-US.
  14. Web site: Perrottet. Tony. The Madcap Chemists of Booze. 2021-09-28. Smithsonian Magazine. en.
  15. Web site: Rupersburg . Nicole . 2015-05-27 . The Best Shows and Musicals in Las Vegas Right Now . 2023-09-16 . Thrillist . en.

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