Women take the lead in whiskey as more female drinkers and distillers change the industry
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Meghan Ireland and her dog, Murphy, walk by one of the 750-gallon pot and column whiskey stills at the WhistlePig distillery Monday, April 6, 2026, in Shoreham, Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Sample whiskies are seen in the blending laboratory at the WhistlePig distillery Monday, April 6, 2026, in Shoreham, Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Judy Hollis Jones, CEO of Buzzard's Roost, stands for a portrait in the bourbon company's bar area in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)Meghan Ireland, the chief blender at the WhistlePig whisky distillery, pours a sample into a beaker in the lab Monday, April 6, 2026, in Shoreham, Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)-he WhistlePig whiskey distillery occupies the site of a former dairy farm Monday, April 6, 2026, in Shoreham, Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Meghan Ireland and her dog, Murphy, walk by one of the 750-gallon pot and column whiskey stills at the WhistlePig distillery Monday, April 6, 2026, in Shoreham, Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)