If there is one thing I love as much as making great whiskey it is eating great food. (To tell a secret, I am a bit of a cook myself.) I have joined forces with Black Pearl’s Executive Chef Kate Horton to create a special menu showcasing Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey as an ingredient. Each dish […]
As I sit here watching the spirit still heat up I am transported to the very early days of my career when we had just started Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. I am watching the still that started it all. In the beginning the distillery was a 600 sqft room with one little still and a few […]
I remember trying to fill our first barrel of whiskey ever. Jess and I had thought through every part of the whiskey making process… except, of course how to get the finished spirit out of the tank and in to the barrel. We tried to use a hose and a funnel in the barrel and […]
New Hungarian White Oak Snowflake Release Posted: 03/10/10 When you go to bed in Colorado you never know what you will wake up to. It could have dumped big fat dry snow all night and there are 4 foot drifts up against your front door. There could be a light even dusting of fine snow […]
Posted: 09/14/10 Fall is in the air. The trees are barely starting turn, the nights are cooling off, but the days are still warm. This is a perfect time to announce the release of the new Triple Wood Snowflake. The Triple Wood Snowflake will go on sale at the distillery only Wednesday September 15th 12:00 […]
Posted: 01/10/09 The first Snowflake special edition goes on sale Monday 1/12/09, a Hungarian white oak cask finish. There is extremely limited amount available, so stop in and buy a bottle soon. When it is gone , it is gone. Listening to: Charlie Parker
Posted: 02/09/09 I am often asked about the “distilled on date” on the label of a bottle of Stranhan’s. When I set out to bottle a batch of whiskey I hand select 12 barrels of whiskey varying in age from 2 years to 5 years old and marry them together. The cask strength whiskey is […]
Posted: 04/19/09 4/8/09 was 5 years to the day that I laid down our first barrel of Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. To commemorate this occasion John Hinkenlooper, Mayor of Denver attended a ceremony at the distillery and hammered in the bung on our 1000th barrel. On a fun note, 1000 barrels makes 5280 gallons of whiskey, […]
Posted: 10/21/09 Fall has fallen and winter is peeking around the corner. The mornings are crisp and the evenings a deep clear mountain cold. Leaves are falling and I can smell the brats and peppers on the grill and hear the roar of the football game. Fall in Colorado is wonderful, a drive through the […]
Posted: 07/07/09 Friends, It has been a while since I last took fingers to keyboard, but I have not been writing for lack of motivation or absence of news but rather because I have been busier than a one legged man at an ass kicking contest. Anyone reading this blog knows that Stranahan’s has been […]