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American Micro-Distilleries

I was doing some cleanup on this blog and saw that the link for Notch Whiskey from Triple Eight Distillery (at Nantucket's Cisco Brewers) had disappeared as they revamp their web site. That got me thinking about what else is out there in the way of Micro-Distilleries in the US. I found a good thread by "Lex" on a site called Celtic Malts; he linked to the following distilleries:

• Anchor / Old Potrero http://www.anchorbrewing.com
• St George http://www.stgeorgespirits.com
• Clear Creek / McCarthys http://www.clearcreekdistillery.com
• St James / Peregrine Rock http://www.saintjamesspirits.com
• Edgefield / Hogshead http://www.mcmenamins.com/Edge/
• Charbay http://www.charbay.com
• Triple Eight / Notch http://www.ciscobrewers.com/

There was a link for a brewpub called Local Color that apparently made its own whiskey and other spirits for consumption only on the premises of that pub. It seems that place may now be closed.

I also found this dated (2001) article form USA Today on American micro-distillers: http://www.usatoday.com/life/travel/leisure/2001/2001-05-04-distillers.htm.

I'm planning to do a little more investigation and hopefully land a bottle or two to try. Hey, my birthday is coming up, maybe I can convince my wife to get me one of these bottles!

Posted by jimj at February 25, 2005 10:07 PM | TrackBack