BourbonBlog.com speaks with Downslope Distilling about their Double-Diamond Whiskey and samples some too. Yeah, we have to drink it and talk about it too! This is an Irish style whiskey aged in very small experienced medium toast casks and then blended. The result is a light colored extraordinarily smooth whiskey that tastes of vanilla and honey and spice and wood.

Johnny Pieper of Downslope tells us more.

 

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BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer interviews Michael Myers owner of Distillery 291, Colorado Springs, Colorado. We taste his White Dog Rye at 110 proof has some distinct notes of hot tamales, buttered popcorn. Before moving to Colorado, Michael was fashion/beauty photographer who lived in New York and had dreamt of starting his own distillery.

Distillery 291 also produces a Louie’s Colorado Triple Sec and a Fresh Colorado Whiskey at 100 proof. Michael tells us he will likely start aging his white dogs to make a whiskey.

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BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer interviews Ted Palmer, El Presidente of Roundhouse Spirits, Boulder Colorado. Roundhouse makes a Imperial Barrel Aged, which is their award-winning Gin aged in oak casks for at least 6 months.

It has a complex character smoothness. Roundhouse Spirits also makes a Corretto Coffee Liqueur and Roundhouse Gin.

You can find Roundhouse Spirits in Colorado, Texas, Wyoming, and Missouri or purchase here.

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The Colorado whiskey we’ve enjoyed for years and now BourbonBlog.com interviews Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey of Denver, Colorado during the Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival. It is a single malt whiskey (100% malted barley) aged in brand new charred American white oak barrels. We get a distinct Charleston Chew flavor on it and notes which are between a Bourbon and a Scotch.

One of the most unique elements of the bottle is that they are signed with hand-written information including, batch number, distilled date and the best part.. the distillers will sign each bottle with a new comment of what music they were listening to at the time of signing or some clever thought! Thus, no two bottles will ever be the same making them all “snowflakes.”

It is rare that you can bottle up the Rockies, or cup your hands in a mountain stream with Colorado’s natural ingredients. Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey is 47% Alc/Vol (94 proof).

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BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer interviews Karen Hoskin, President and Co-Owner of Montanya Distillers, which produces an award-winning, obsessively-crafted high mountain rum.

Karen tells the story of how her Rum journey began years ago after tasting Rum in India. Montanya makes two delicious Rums: Platino Light Rum and Oro Dark Rum, which has is aged in used Stranahans Colorado Whiskey barrels.

Montanya Distillers is based in Crested Butte, Colorado.

Their rums have won awards from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition; International Review of Spirits – Beverage Testing Institute; New York World Wine and Spirits Competition; and more.

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BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer speaks with Steve “VIz” Viezvbicke and Rob Masters of the Boulder Distillery and Clear Spirit Company. Tom tastes their 303 Vodka, 303 Whiskey (which are both potato based) along with Rob’s MTN GIN.

With these three fine spirits, the distillery is celebrating 3rd Anniversary and continued growth across Colorado. Visit them when you’re in Boulder!

303 Potato Vodka – 40% Alc. by Vol.
303 Potato Whiskey – 40% Alc. by Vol.
Rob’s Mountain Gin – 44% Alc. by Vol.

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BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer tastes Dancing Pines Distillery Bourbon from Loveland, Colorado.

We interview distiller Kristian Naslund who tells us about the natural, local, high quality ingredients are used to create their top shelf spirits.

Dancing Pines makes a Double pot distilled Bourbon bottled at 88 proof; several rums including a spiced, cask barrel aged and white rum; and enticing liqueurs including Chai, Espresso, Cherry Tart and Brulee.

We’ll bring you full reviews of spirits from Dancing Pines Distillery here on BourbonBlog.com

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In Breckenridge, Colorado, craft distillers from across the state and nation come together for Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival 2011 Grand Tasting giving thirsty guests the chance to sample their Bourbons, whiskeys, gins, vodkas, rum and unique creations.

BourbonBlog.com speaks with Bryan Nolt, “El Jeffe”, CEO Breckenrdige Distillery as we prepare to taste.

Be watching for tastings and interviews with the craft distillers from the festival as we’ll be sharing them here on BourbonBlog.com. The distilleries below are part of the festival and Grand Tasting at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge.

Breckenridge Distillery, Breckenridge, Colorado

Roundhouse Spirits, Boulder, Colorado

Syntax Spirits, Greeley, Colorado

Peach St. Distillery, Palisade, Colorado

Boulder Distillery and Rob’s MTN Gin, Boulder, Colorado

Leopold Brothers, Denver, Colorado

Downslope Distilling, Centennial, Colorado

Montanya Distillers, Crested Butte, Colorado

Dancing Pines, Loveland, CO

Santa Fe Spirits, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Tempus Fugit, Novato, California

Stranahans, Denver, Colorado

Distillery 291, Colorado Springs, Colorado

303 Vodka, Boulder, Colorado

St. George Spirits, Alameda, California

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BourbonBlog.com ‘s Tom Fischer visits Breckenridge Distillery in Breckenridge, Colorado and meets with Master Distiller Jordan Via for at tour of the distilery.

We join them during the Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival 2011 and learn about how they make the Breckenridge Bourbon and Vodka at the “Highest Distillery in the World” (9,600 ft).

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During the Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival 2011, we visit the Absinthe Bar and meet owner Alfonso Natarelli. He tells BourbonBlog.com that his bar was one of the first in Breckenridge to serve Breckenridge Bourbon and Breckenridge Vodka.

Our friends from Breckenridge Distillery including Master Distiller Jordain Via and others are coming in Absinthe Bar from the Poker Run and dinner at Briar Rose. While there, we meet John Troia, owner and co-founder of Tempus Fugit Spirits.

We try John’s Mansinthe, Duplais, and Verte Vieux Pontarlier Emile Pernot Absinthes all by Tempus Fugit Spirits.

Mansinthe is Marilyn Manson’s Absinthe.

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