Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain: Episode 5, Arion Press

Anthony Bourdain & The Balvenie head to San Francisco, California to  meet with Andrew Hoyem, master typographer and printer of Arion Press.  One of the last of its kind, Arion Press has only a handful of members  on its staff, all fellow craftsmen dedicated to this age old process.  Each works meticulously to create the books in multiple parts, from the  typecasters, to the proofreaders, to the printers and the bookbinders.  All of these hands build a work of art through a process that must be  seen to be believed, and can only, truly, be described as magic. Episode  directed by filmmaker Rob Meyer.  

The Balvenie Distillery alliance with craft is a result of the brand’s  choice to embrace the old way. Balvenie is dedicated to the process of  using the five rare crafts of Scotch whisky making to create The  Balvenie’s distinctive taste and exceptional quality. It is the only  distillery that still grows its own barley, malts in its own traditional  malting floor, employs coopers to tend every cask, a coppersmith to  maintain the stills and a malt master to ensure the resulting spirit is  consistently excellent.