Meet Andy Rieger, Co-Founder of J. Rieger & Company, a distillery in the East Bottoms neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. Find out the secret of J Rieger’s quick success which launched less than two years ago in October of 2014. And hear all the details on a new partnership between J Rieger & Co. and Boulevard Brewing Company with the release of “Left For Dead”, a spirit distilled from Boulevard Beer. Left For Dead will be released for distribution on June 27th.

Rieger Spirits are currently distributed both locally and in 10 states with new products coming on-line this month. The Rieger Distillery brand was originally founded in 1887 and was a pre-Prohibition, family-owned company based in Kansas City’s West Bottoms. Host Kelly Scanlon and Rieger will retrace some of the colorful history and discover the bright future ahead on this episode of Smart Companies-KC