Lodestar flies off the shelves: Cousins debut female-owned whiskey

Whiskey is Anna Axster and Wendelin von Schroder’s drink of choice, and when they decided to make their own brand to sell, they knew exactly what they wanted to put in the bottle.

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“We knew how we liked to consume whiskey,” von Schroder said. “It needed to be something that worked well, neat and with a rock in it. It should not water down too quickly and has enough character and backbone that it will stand up to other ingredients in a cocktail.”

As cousins and business partners in the music and film world for more than a decade, the two women already knew that they loved working — and worked well — together. When the film and music worlds came to a screeching halt during the pandemic, they looked at each other and made a quick decision: Step away from work and pivot to try to make whiskey for people like them. . . .

Read the full article at The Argonaut.

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