Retired chemist Richard Buoni has used his chemistry background to create delicious craft spirits with his company Pennsylvania Distilling Co., writes Timothy Walton for 6abc.
Buoni, a former chemical engineer, pivoted to distilling to use his expertise in a new way. The Malvern-based company uses local, PA-grown ingredients to create small-batch “grain-to-grass” spirits.
Pennsylvania Distilling Co. boasts eight varieties of scratch-made spirits, with a ninth in the works. Products include whiskey, vodka, gin, and rum, all made on-site in the distillery.
Each spirit is named to honor someone in Buoni’s family or the company’s Pennsylvania roots. Dewey’s No. 69, a bourbon whiskey, honors Buoni’s father, who came to the U.S. from Italy in 1949.
The distillery also operates an in-person tasting room open each weekend. Visitors can try craft cocktails made with the in-house spirits.
Patrons can see the distilling setup through the seating area window, where Buoni can get about three hundred bottles of liquor from one barrel.
The company remains a one-man-show. Buoni manages day-to-day operations and continues to lead each tour and tasting, and patrons can almost always find him in person at the distillery.
Read more about Richard Buoni and his company, Pennsylvania Distilling Co., at 6abc.
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