Why Perspection Spirits Is Being Built in Oklahoma City | The Liquor Connoisseur®
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Most conversations about Black-owned spirits start in Kentucky, New York, or California. Crystal and Roger are building Perspection Spirits in Oklahoma City — and there's a reason for that.
Oklahoma's Spirits History Is Underwritten
Oklahoma didn't have legal distilleries for most of its history — Prohibition-era laws lingered in the state code long after national repeal. The craft spirits movement here is young, which means the story of what Oklahoma spirits can be is still being written. Perspection Spirits intends to be part of that story.
The Climate Advantage
Oklahoma's temperature extremes — scorching summers and cold winters — create one of the most aggressive aging climates for barrel-aged spirits in the country. The liquid expands into the wood in summer, contracts and draws back out in winter, carrying flavor compounds with it each cycle. Oklahoma-aged bourbon matures differently than Kentucky-aged bourbon. That's not a weakness. That's terroir.
What Crystal and Roger Have Already Built Here
Two years of The Liquor Connoisseur® podcast. 136+ spirit reviews. A private tasting business serving Oklahoma City, Edmond, Tulsa, and surrounding areas. A blog with 175 posts covering everything from Hochatown Distilling in Broken Bow to Woodworks Distilling in OKC to the broader national Black-owned spirits movement.
Perspection Spirits is the next chapter of that same work — building something in Oklahoma that represents the state, the culture, and the philosophy that's driven everything from episode one.
→ Read about Oklahoma's craft distillery scene
→ Introducing Perspection Spirits
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