William Karlson
KO Distilling, Co-Founder/CEO
- Role
- CEO at Ko Distilling
- Location
- Manassas, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
CEO
May 2013 — Present · Manassas, VA, US
Co-Founder and CEO of a new craft distillery in Manassas, VA. We are making and selling various distilled spirits, including bourbon, rye whiskey, wheated whiskey, and gin. Our brown spirits have the brand name of Bare Knuckle. Our gins go by the name Battle Standard 142. My business partner, John O\'Mara, and I opened our doors to the public in mid-September 2015. Our craft distillery is located at 10381 Central Park Drive, Suite 105, Manassas, VA 20110. We have a sf space which includes a sf area for barrel storage, a distilling plant featuring a 550-gallon copper pot/hybrid still and a 30-foot continuous column still, and a visitors center for guided tours, tastings, product and merchandise sales, and special events. We also have a sf remote barrel storage warehouse which can store 4,500 53-gallon barrels. KO Distilling is both a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant and a unique travel/tourism destination.
Education
United States Merchant Marine Academy
B.S.
1978 — 1982
George Mason University
M.S.
1992 — 1994
Skills
- Program Management
- Process Improvement
- Security Clearance
- Government
- Proposal Writing
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