In The Beginning

​As with any good story (or whiskey for that matter), it all began with beer.  Tommy Erwin and Ty Phelps met while working at Real Ale Brewing Company.  It didn’t take long for a friendship to form, and after several years of Tommy running the lab as the microbiologist and Ty brewing as a lead brewer, the two friends decided to take a leap of faith and open their own place – a whiskey distillery.  With their combined backgrounds in brewing, chemistry, biology, culinary arts, and restaurant management (to name a few), Tommy and Ty took the plunge into the world of whiskey.
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The Origin of our Name
While brainstorming possible names for the distillery, we came across some old papers that showed that the land where we were building, was once called Andalusia Ranches. The name hit us instantly. The rolling hills of the Texas Hill Country are a scene reminiscent of the southern region of Spain known as Andalucia. Andalusia Whiskey Company was born.