On paper, the whiskey-making process seems remarkably easy. You need to mash (corn, barley, wheat, or rye in most cases), ferment, distill, and age it. That’s it. Seems pretty simple, right? Well, ...

James Gordon, the owner of Springfield Distillery, comes by his interest in whiskey naturally. “I grew up with memories of my father moonshining,” says Gordon, who is opening his Halifax County ...