There isn’t likely to be any surge in demand for automation solutions among whiskey distilleries.

So you really have to embrace the opportunity to deliver a unique solution… and yeah, work that potential to possibly bring home a free bottle of bourbon.

EpicAV Automation certain did that when Garrison Brothers Distillery, the oldest maker of legal whiskey in Texas sought to create a more engaging whiskey tasking and touring experience with an AV upgrade.

Nortek Security & Control has announced that its ELAN Entertainment and Control System was recently featured in two Texas residences as part of the Austin Parade of Homes, organized by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Austin. According to Scott Ruzich, president and CEO of Epic Smart Homes and Epic Interior Designs, the ELAN system, along with SpeakerCraft, Sunfire, and Panamax products, contributed to one house winning “Best Smart Home” and the other winning the People’s Choice Award.

“It is a privilege to be involved with the Austin Parade of Homes, especially being chosen to outfit two of the four homes in the Parade,” Ruzich says, “but the real excitement came from the attendees who were seeing and using ELAN whole home automation for the first time. Being able to bring such a large audience into what is essentially a luxury showroom allowed us to pique their interest far more than any literature or marketing material could ever do.”

After aspiring professional skier Roy Tuscany had an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down, his community flooded him with financial and emotional support. After years of various forms of treatment, Roy Tuscany defied medical odds when he stood up and walked out of the hospital. Following his astonishing recovery, he made it his mission to “pay-it-forward” with the creation of The High Fives Non-Profit Foundation: a provider of resources and inspiration for athletes with life-altering injuries.