Interview with Marianne Eaves, April 19, 2021

Project: Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Marianne Eaves talks about life before and after becoming Kentucky's first female master distiller since Prohibition. She talks about her childhood in Louisville, college at University of Louisville, and her work at Brown-Forman and Castle & Key Distillery. She discusses her consulting business, the Eaves Blind bourbon education program, famous and interesting clients, and motherhood on the road with her life partner Kevin, who owns a traveling circus. She discusses women and diversity in the spirits industry, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interview Accession

2021oh0263_bikw0005

Interviewee Name

Marianne Eaves

Interviewer Name

Aimee D. Nielson

Interview Date

2021-04-19

Interview Keyword

Bourbon Eaves Blind Master Tasters Master Distillers Castle & Key Distillery Woodford Reserve Chemical engineers Mobile spirits laboratory University of Louisville Traveling circuses Women Diversity Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Motherhood Protégés

Interview LC Subject

Bourbon whiskey Distilleries--Kentucky Whiskey industry Whiskey industry--Kentucky Whiskey. Women in the whiskey industry Brown-Forman Corporation Quality control. Quality of products. Families Alcohol industry Distillers

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