Q+A with Tenth Ward Distilling Company founder Monica Pearce
Publisher |
Rob Lee
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Arts
Documentary
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Oct 05, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:24:58

Monica Pearce is the founder of Tenth Ward Distilling Company, a producer all kinds of spirits, like gin, whiskey and absinthe, as well as canned cocktails. Monica started her career spending 8 years working in the conservation biology field. She received an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park and an Executive Master's in Natural Resources from Virginia Tech. Additionally Monica has over 20 years experience in the service and hospitality industry and 10 plus years experience with marketing, branding and strategic planning.Monica eventually moved back to her hometown of Frederick, MD where she founded Tenth Ward Distilling Company in July of 2016. She has grown the business from a tasting room and distillery at 1600 square feet and virtually no employees to an expanded cocktail bar and tasting room, private event venue and production facility with a combined square footage of 20,000. Since having started the business, Monica now sits as VP on the board of the Maryland Distillers Guild, is a member of the Frederick Tourism Council Board of Directors, is a graduated fellow from the James Beard Foundation's Women's Leadership Program and was recognized as Frederick County's top 50 under 40 entrepreneurs.

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In this episode of The Truth In This Art, Rob interviewed Monica Pearce, the founder of Tenth Ward Distilling Company. producer all kinds of spirits, like gin, whiskey and absinthe, as well as canned cocktails , and they discuss her work and founding Tenth Ward Distilling Company.

Monica Pearce is the founder of Tenth Ward Distilling Company, a producer all kinds of spirits, like gin, whiskey and absinthe, as well as canned cocktails. Monica started her career spending 8 years working in the conservation biology field. She received an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park and an Executive Master's in Natural Resources from Virginia Tech. Additionally Monica has over 20 years experience in the service and hospitality industry and 10 plus years experience with marketing, branding and strategic planning.Monica eventually moved back to her hometown of Frederick, MD where she founded Tenth Ward Distilling Company in July of 2016. She has grown the business from a tasting room and distillery at 1600 square feet and virtually no employees to an expanded cocktail bar and tasting room, private event venue and production facility with a combined square footage of 20,000. Since having started the business, Monica now sits as VP on the board of the Maryland Distillers Guild, is a member of the Frederick Tourism Council Board of Directors, is a graduated fellow from the James Beard Foundation's Women's Leadership Program and was recognized as Frederick County's top 50 under 40 entrepreneurs.

The Truth In This Art

The Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.

 

Mentioned in this episode:

Tenth Ward Distilling

 

To find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory.

 

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To support the The Truth In This Art: Buy Me fi.com/D1D81J7MZ">Ko-fiUse the hashtag #thetruthinthisartFollow The Truth in This Art on InstagramLeave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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